Raspberry Tapioca Salad

This is a tasty and very refreshing salad. This photo does not do it justice. Last time I made it it wasn't so red. I think today I used the large package of jello when I was supposed to use the smaller package. It tasted great though!


Ingredients:
3 cups water
1 (3ounce) package of raspberry Jell-O
1 (3.4-ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
1 (3 ounce) package tapioca pudding
1 (10 ounce) package frozen raspberries, thawed
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 (8 ounce) container Cool Whip, thawed

Directions:
-In a large saucepan, bring the water to a boil.
-Stir in the jellos and puddings with a whisk.
-Bring to a boil again, stirring constantly.
-Boil one minutes.
-Remove from heat and cool.
-Fold in raspberries, pineapple and Cool Whip.
-Put it all in one large bowl or individual bowls.
-Chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours.

Orange Salad

Orange Salad

In my family, we have this funny habit of calling things by their color.  We have a pink salad, green salad, orange salad...and we all know exactly what those are.  We used to have a couple of cars:  the red car, the white car, the blue car, etc.  People think it's funny, but to us, it's pretty normal.

1 carton cottage cheese
1 8 oz pkg cool whip
1 small pkt orange jello (as powder)
1 can mandarin oranges (drained)

Mix all ingredients together very well.  Chill in fridge for 1+ hours till you are ready to serve it.

Shaunika's Notes:
I like to use fat free cottage cheese and sugar free cool whip--and it's still so yummy!

Five Cup Salad

This was always my favorite salad! I liked it so much that it was served at my wedding reception.

It gets its name because it uses a cup of five things:

1 c dairy sour cream
1 c long-shredded coconut
1 can drained mandarin oranges
1 c drained pineapple chunks
1 c miniature marshmallows

Mix ingredients together.
This should set overnight for several hours so the flavors blend.

Frog Eye Salad (Acini)

Mix:
1 c sugar
2 T flour
3 eye yolks
juice from fruit (see below)
Bring to boil and cook until thick. Cool.

Cook 1 3/4 c Acini (macaroni) in salt water for 8-10 minutes. Blanch and cool.

Mix with above mixture, and then add the following:
1 pkg mini marshmallows
1 can crushed pineapple (drained)
1 c pineapple tidbits (drained)
2 drained cans maraschino cherries (optional- I leave them out)
2 medium cartons cool whip

Let stand in fridge for several hours.

Pink Salad

I know we served this at every potluck we ever had - it is so easy.

1  pkg cottage cheese
1  8 oz pkg cool whip
1  small pkt strawberry jello(as powder)

1 small bag frozen strawberries
1-2 bananas

Mix powdered jello with cottage cheese and cool whip.
Fold in frozen strawberries, and slice banana's into it. Stir then cover and store in fridge till you are ready to serve it.

Shaunika's Note:
I don't add frozen strawberries.  I like it better with just the sliced bananas, so that is how it is pictured above.