Jello and Cottage Cheese Salad

This very old-fashioned fruit-and-cottage cheese gelatin salad recipe has a wonderful creamy texture due to the addition of a package of Dream Whip topping. Dream Whip topping, in- and-of-itself, is also very old-fashioned; you just rarely even hear of this product being used anymore. I find Dream Whip at Walmart, but not in my regular market, if that is of help to you who might want to give this recipe a try. We love this salad that is almost dessert-like in flavor and texture. Blessings...

Recipe:

1 envelope Dream Whip topping from a 2.6 oz. package or 2 cups whipped topping
1 cup cottage cheese (I use 2%)
1 pkg. (3 oz.) orange gelatin
1 can (11 oz.) Mandarin oranges, drained well
1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple in juice, drained well

1. Prepare the Dream Whip according to package directions.
2. Mix cottage cheese and dry gelatin together; add pineapple and oranges.
3. Fold the cottage cheese mixture into the whipped Dream Whip.
4. Pour into a 8 x 8-inch square pan and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.

Yield: 9 servings
112 calories per serving using Dream Whip
no fiber
Note: One envelope of Dream Whip prepared according to package directions equals 2 cups of topping. Two cups of whipped topping, such as Cool Whip, is a good substitution. I'm sure whipping cream would also work, but the calorie count would soar.