Side Items

Holiday Salad is for Dinner.

Holiday Salad takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Holiday Salad takes 5 minutes to cook.

Holiday Salad makes 14 servings.

The ingredients for Holiday Salad are:

1 8 oz. can crushed pineapple in natural juice.
1 cup sugar
1 cup cold water
1 envelope (.25 oz.) gelatine
1 8 oz. block cream cheese (softened)
10 Marachino Cherries cut in quarters
2/3 cup chopped pecans
a few drops of red food coloring (optional)

Here is how you make Holiday Salad:

Makes about 14 1/2 cup servingsPlace 1 cup cold water in large mixing bowl and sprinkle gelatine on top. Let sit for 5 min. Place sugar and pineapple in small sauce pan on med/hi heat. Let boil for 5 min.Add boiling pineapple mixture to bowl of gelatine mixture and add cream cheese while still hot. Mix very well. Add food coloring (I use about 1/4 teaspoon) and mix well. Place bown in freezer until soft set.Add cherries and pecans. Mix in cool whip and pour into serving bowl or a jello mold or ring. Chill several hours or over night. Number of Servings: 14Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KATMIC3.

The nutritional information for Holiday Salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 14
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 262.8

• Total Fat: 9.7 g
• Cholesterol: 17.8 mg
• Sodium: 53.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 19.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.8 g
• Protein: 3.5 g