Ugly Duckling Jello Salad Food

SPARKLING JELLO

Steps:

• Stir boiling water into Jello until completely dissolved.
• Add 1 cup Sprite
• Refridgerate at least 2 hours.
• other fantastic combinations:
• diet Coke and cherry jello.
• Orange soda and strawberry jello.
• Fresca and lime jello.
• you can be pretty creative with this -- .

MELLOW YELLOW JELLO SALAD

Steps:

• Mix the pineapple, jello, and 7up.
• Pour into a 9x13 dish.
• Put into refrigerator to set.
• In saucepan, mix juice, flour, butter and eggs.
• Cook and stir, on med, bring to a boil.
• Boil for 1 minute.
• Allow to cool, while jello sets.
• Mix the cooled cooked mixture with the whipped topping.
• Spread over the jello.

UGLY DUCKLING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• In large mixer bowl, combine cake mix, fruit cocktail and liquid, eggs and 3/4 cup coconut.
• Blend well, beating at medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour into a greased 9x13x2-inch pan.
• Sprinkle with brown sugar.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until cake springs back when pressed gently with finger.
• Meanwhile, in small saucepan, heat milk, sugar and butter. Let boil for 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in remaining 1 1/4 cups coconut. Spoon over hot cake in pan before serving.
• Serve warm or cool.

UGLY PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Combine oil, vinegar, garlic, salt, thyme, and oregano in a large bowl, whisking to combine.
• Add chickpeas, hominy and mozzarella cubes and stir to combine.
• Cover and refrigerate for as long as you can to let the flavors combine (or let it sit out just while the pasta cooks-- it will still tasty).
• Cook the pasta shells according to package directions.
• Drain and rinse in cold water.
• Add pasta to the marinated ingredients, stirring to combine.
• Eat hot, warm, room temperature, or cold (the salad makes great leftovers), sprinkling each serving with the optional Parmesan cheese separately.
• Note: As you can imagine, this recipe could have many, many different vegetables added to it and many different cheeses would make tasty additions.
• I sometimes add olives, grape tomatoes, scallions, etc.

UGLY DUCKLING PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Blend all cake ingredients except for brown sugar and nuts and beat 4 minutes with electric mixer at med. speed.
• Pour into a well greased 9 x 13 pan.
• Sprinkle with the brown sugar and nuts.
• Bake in a 325F oven about 45 minutes or tested done. Cool 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile make glaze by combining glaze ingredients and boiling for 2 minutes.
• Pour over warm cake.

UGLY DUCKLING CAKE

Steps:

• Set ½ cup brown sugar aside to sprinkle on cake before you bake. (I have used both dark and light, either is yummy.).
• Mix all ingredients except brown sugar and pour into a 9 x 13 greased and floured cake pan.
• Sprinkle brown sugar on top of cake batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool 15 minutes and pour glaze over top of warm cake.
• Enjoy!
• NOTES: My friend preferred brown sugar when making the glaze, and she said she used about 1/2 of a 12-oz. can of evaporated milk when making the glaze.