Cool and creamy fruit salad

Strawberry, orange, peach and raspberry are our favorites.

1 Small Package {any flavor} Jello
1 Small Package Cook and Serve Vanilla Pudding
2 C. Water
Fruit
1 Small Cool whip

Mix together jello, pudding and water in saucepan. Cook until it thickens. Boil 1 minute. Set in fridge overnight or until set and cool. Mix with mixer one small bowl of cool whip. Whip until creamy. Stir in fruit.

*recipe from http://sistersstuff.blogspot.com/

Jello fluff

I got this recipe from a friend and have already made it twice in the past week! The orange jello tastes like a dreamsicle, and I added extra strawberries with my strawberry jello!

1 {8oz} pkg cream cheese, softened
1 {29oz} can of pears
1 large box {or 2 small ones} of Jello, any flavor
1 tub cool whip

Drain pear juice in saucepan. Boil. Pour over jello mix and stir until dissolved. In a blender, mix pears and cream cheese until smooth. Add cream cheese mixture to jello. Add cool whip and pour in a serving dish. Place in refrigerator for 3-4 hours until set. Enjoy!

{This recipe can easily be halved for smaller families by using smaller cans/boxes of everything}

Sugar Glazed Walnuts

2 cups walnuts, chopped
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup water

Line a baking sheet with wax paper. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine ingredients. Cook in microwave on low setting for 1 minute. Stir. Continue cooking in 30 second increments, stirring in between, until sugar has carmelized and walnuts are more crumbly than sticky. Spread out on wax paper until cool. Delicious on ice cream or in salads. I refrigerate left overs in a baggie.

Crunchy Picante Salad

Here Mel, I'm slow and you probably already got the recipe book anyway, but here. This is from Cooking Light's Superfast Suppers. These measurements are so exact, but this is really easy to just eyeball.


6 cups Preshredded Lettuce
5 cups Baked Tortilla Chips, broken into pieces
1 cup mild picante sauce
1/2 cup (2ounces) shredded reduced-fat sharp Cheddar cheese
1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced olives, *I use WAY more than this!
1 ripe Avocado (I use 2)
1 Large Lime *Or lime juice it to taste. I use about 1/2 to 3/4 a lime and then serve it with lime wedges for others to add more if they'd like.
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro


Mix everything together except the Lettuce and Chips. Pile lettuce on individual plates and then plop some mixture on top and top with crunched up chips. It's best to keep things separate like this if you want to save leftovers so things don't get soggy, because they do, quickly. Also you can serve it with sour cream but it really doesn't need it.