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Jell-O Square Salad – Grandma Dennis

Set the night before:

Make with 1 1/2 cups hot water. Set it in a shallow pan like a cake pan etc.

  • 1 small orange Jell-O
  • 1 small green Jell-O
  • 1 small red Jell-O

The next day

  • 1 small lemon Jell-O – Make with 1 cup hot water and set until syrupy. If it gets too set up set the pan in hot water to liquify again.
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons lemon juice

Mix together cream cheese and sugar. Then add 2 Tablespoons lemon juice. Add lemon Jell-O and Dream Whip (already whipped up according to package directions).

Cut orange, green, and red Jell-O into squares. Mix all together with creamy mixture.

*Dream Whip makes 2 cups so if you use package from kitchen store make 2 cups. Or you can use Cool Whip. That’s what Grandma Dennis does now.

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Cottage Cheese Salad

  • 1 pint cottage cheese, small curd
  • 1( 3 oz) package Jell-O, any flavor
  • 1 (8 oz) container Cool Whip

Add Jell-O to Cool Whip and cottage cheese. Mix well. Chill to set and meld.

You can add fruit like strawberries or raspberries or even mandarin oranges or pineapple. If using frozen thaw and drain. If using canned drain.

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Rainbow Salad

  • 1 (3 oz) lime, lemon, orange, raspberry, and strawberry Jell-O
  • 16 oz sour cream

Add 1 cup boiling water to lime Jell-O. Stir; divide in half. Add 2 Tablespoons water to 1/2 and pour into pyrex 9×13 cake pan. Tip pan to cover evenly. Set in fridge.

Add 1/3 cup sour cream to remaining half. Stir well and pour over set Jell-O. Tip to cover evenly. Chill.

Repeat process with other flavors.

Top with Cool Whip.

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JELL-O JIGGLERS

2 ½ cups boiling water or boiling apple juice

4 pkg. (4 serving size) JELL-O, any flavor (or 2, 8 serving size)

 

Stir boiling water into Jell-O in a large bowl.  Stir at least 3 minutes until completely dissolved.  Pour into 9X13 inch pan.

 

Refrigerate at least 3 hours or until firm.  Dip bottom of pan into warm water about 15 seconds.  Cut into decorative shapes with a cookie cutter all the way through.  Lift from pan.  Or cut into squares.

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JELL-O BEANS

Prep: 10 minutes

Refrigerate: 30 minutes

 

No stick cooking spray

1 ¼ cups boiling water or juice

2 pkg. (4 serving size each) Jell-O, any flavor (or 1, 8 serving size)

 

lightly spray inside of bean mold.  Or did paper towel into vegetable oil and lightly wipe inside of bean mold.

 

Stir boiling water into gelatin in a bowl at least 3 minutes until completely dissolved.  Pour into liquid measuring cup.  Slowly pour into mold, filling each bean completely.

 

Refrigerate 30 minutes or until firm.  Tilt the mold on a slight angle over a plate.  Using moist fingertips, gently scoop beans out of mold.  Refrigerate until ready to serve.

 

Makes 82 JELL-O BEANS