Cranberry-Pineapple Minis

[fitfool]

I kept seeing this recipe in the coupons inserts in the Sunday papers. Since I'm the only one in the house that likes jello, I made a half batch of this, substituting in chopped pecans instead of chopped walnuts since that's what I had at home. Pouring them into paper cupcake liners made for ready-made portion sizes and a cute presentation. Problem

Comments

[kuenzi]

Pretty!

My old dorm served what they called "jello cake" but it definitely did not have any actual, set jiggly jello in the middle of it (but i'm in the U.S.). It was sweet but just a cake with jello powder in it as far as I could tell. It was yummy though :)

[skunkchild]

Could you be thinking of Broken Glass Cake?

[deltamiss]

I actually like Jello salads. This is one my mother made fairly often when I was growing up. I bet the grands would love it! Thanks for sharing the pretty serving ideas, too.

[sheherazahde]

They do look great. I love Cranberries, Raspberries, and Pineapple.

"And why did they call them jello salads anyhow? There weren't any greens in there!)"

There aren't any greens in fruit salad or egg salad or tuna salad.

"Salad is any of a wide variety of dishes including: vegetable salads; salads of pasta, legumes, or grains; mixed salads incorporating meat, poultry, or seafood; and fruit salads. They include a mixture of cold and hot, often including raw vegetables and/or fruits."

"The word "salad" comes from the French salade of the same meaning, from the Latin salata (salty), from sal (salt). (Other salt-related words include sauce, salsa, sausage, and salary). In English, the word first appears as "salad" or "sallet" in the 14th century.
Salt is associated with salad because vegetables were seasoned with brine or salty oil-and-vinegar dressings during Roman times."

[newgeneration]

Ha! So that's where my grandma got it. I've been eating this exact same recipe forever (except in a big pan, not in a mini bite-size form), and I was sure she invented it. D:

There's not much you can do about the sweetness besides using sugar-free Jello. The natural fruit sugar in the pineapple fills in, though, so it doesn't really make it less sweet, it just makes the slightly lower calorie count unnoticeable.