How to Make a Cranberry Salad

A tangy alternative to ordinary Jello or fruit salad is a cranberry salad. This recipe is a creative way to get your family to eat more fruit. Cranberry salad is low in fat and sugar, and makes a healthy snack or dessert.

Things You'll Need

  • 1 apple
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 6-ounce package raspberry Jell-o
  • 1 8-ounce package cream cheese
  • 1 can cranberry sauce
  • 1 16-ounce can crushed pineapple
  • 2 bananas, sliced
  • 2 cups seedless grapes, halved
  • 2 tsp. lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 cups pineapple juice
  • 1 cup celery
  • 1 1/2 cups pecans or walnuts
  • 1 small bag miniature marshmallows
  • Pan
  • Bowl
  • Jell-o mold

Instructions

  1. Chop the apples, celery and nuts into very small pieces.

  2. Boil the water on the stove.

  3. Dissolve the Jell-o in the boiling water.

  4. Warm the cream cheese to room temperature.

  5. Add the cream cheese to the jell-o and stir until dissolved.

  6. Mash the cranberry sauce and add it to the Jell-o.

  7. Add the pineapple, grapes, bananas, lemon juice and pineapple juice.

  8. Place the mixture in the refrigerator. Another option is to add a tray of ice cubes to the mixture.

  9. Let the cranberry salad set until soft.

  10. Add the celery and nuts.

  11. Pour the salad into a Jell-o mold.

  12. Refrigerate until it is time to serve.

  13. Sprinkle the marshmallows over the top of the salad when you are ready to serve it.

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