Cranberry Sunset Salad

Jello & fruit...fantastic combo!  We can get the kids to eat just about anything if its submerged in the jello!  Fabulous dish to take along to carry ins, get togethers, picnics, cook outs, or just for the fun of it!

Serves 10

2 c boiling water
1 pkg (4 serving) Jello-any red flavor if you don't like cranberry
1 c cold water
1 can (8oz) sliced peaches, drained & chopped
1 pkg (4 serving) Jello-orange
1 can (8oz) crushed pineapple, drained

Stir 1 c boiling water into cranberry jello in med bowl 2 min or until completely dissolved.
Stir in 1/2 c cold water.  Refrigerate 45 min.
Stir in peaches...spoon into ring mold.  Refrigerate 20 minutes or until set but not firm
Meanwhile, stir remaining 1 c boiling water into the orange jello.  Once dissolved 1/2 c cold water.
Refrigerate till thickened (45 min) add pineapple.  Spoon over cranberry jello
Refrigerate 4 hours  Unmold, garnish as desired.

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

This is a big time favorite for get together family meals.  Gma is always asked to bring this one & its gone before you can blink!  The only way you have any left overs to enjoy when no one is looking is if you sneak them before the crowd hits the kitchen!!  Definitely a kids favorite too.  I know there are those who have issues with the strawberries, and sometimes you just don't have fresh ones around, in which case, make it w/o them & enjoy!!

2 c finely crushed pretzels
1/2 c sugar, divided
2/3 c butter, melted
12oz (1 1/2 8oz pkgs) Cream Cheese, softened
2 Tbs milk
1 c thawed Cool Whip
2 c boiling water
1 pkg (8 serving size) Strawberry flavored gelatin (like Jello)
1 1/2 c cold water
1 qt (4c) strawberries, sliced

Preheat oven 350
Mix pretzels, 1/4 c sugar & butter.  Press onto bottom of 13x9 pan.  Bake 10 min.  Cool.
Beat cream cheese, remaining 1/4 c sugar, and milk until well blended.  Gently add cool whip.  Spread over cooled crust.  Refrigerate until ready to use.
Stir boiling water into gelatin in lg bowl at least 2 min. until completely dissolved.  Stir in cold water.  Refrigerate 1 1/2 hrs or until thickened (spoon drug through leaves a definite impression)
Stir in strawberries (IF USING THEM).  Spoon over cream cheese.
Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm.
Cut into 20 squares to serve.  (gma just brings it as is & we spoon out our servings, trying to be fair so everyone gets some of course)

Pastel Marble Cake

What a fun way for the kids to help make a colorful Easter (or anytime Spring) cake!  Be creative & customize the colors to your family!

1 white cake mix
1 pkg (4-serving) Jello, any flavor
1 (8oz) tub whipped topping (like cool whip)

Prepare 2-layer size white cake mix as directed on pkg.  Divide batter in half. 
Stir 1 pkg jello mix into one half of the batter.
Alternate spoonfuls of the white & colored batter into a 13x9 pan.
Swirl with knife to marbelize.
Bake as directed on cake pkg. 
Cool completely
Frost with whipped topping (or whippped vanilla icing) & decorate!

Personally, I think it would be more fun to split that colored half into 2 colors, pouring just enough of the two different jellos to color the batter, then alternate the three colors (such as white, pink, yellow or white, blue & green!)  Again, fantastic cake for the kids to have a big helping hand in making!  Let them pick the two oclors, help mix the jello in & take turns putting in spoonfuls of the batters...