"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 3/25/2016 8:26 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>
>> That's funny, nancy....great description...and those healthy carrots
>> and fruit! LOL.
>
> (laugh) Salad is in the eye of the beholder, apparently.
> I haven't even seen any kind of Jello concoction in years,
> but I never heard of it being called salad. Jello mold.
>
> If I was told there would be salad, and out came Jello
> with stuff in it, I would be quite surprised.
>
> nancy

I've made Jell-O salad but not all Jell-O is salad.

When I was pregnant, I was supposed to eat snacks. I didn't want to. But I
found that by portioning the food out into Jell-O, I could better eat it. I
used those tiny disposable cups so it really was small amounts. For one, I
used a combination of berries, cooked in a red Jell-O and the vanilla
pudding powder. The end result was supposed to be like pie filling.

The other was the actual salad. I used a citrus flavor Jell-O and added
chopped veggies. Always used carrot and celery but might also add green
onion if I had it and sometimes some pecans or walnuts.

For the holidays when I was growing up, we had Cranberry salad. It was a
mix of chopped cranberries, celery, and perhaps some apple and orange. Also
pecans. Calls for cranberry Jell-O which I think is no longer made. So mom
switched to using orange. Original recipe also called for a lot of sugar.

I changed this up to contain less carbs by leaving out the apple and orange
and using orange zest instead. I use pretty much equal parts of
cranberries, celery and nuts and just enough Jell-O to hold it together.
Sugar free of course and some artificial sweetener.