More Holiday Food

Everyone should have a guaranteed hit dish for the holidays. Our family has one that always hits it out of the park - Jello salad. Don't laugh. Know, it's terribly mid-western, but believe me, there are some holidays where its been the only thing edible. One Thanksgiving, it was the only thing we could actually eat and enjoy - the turkey was rubbery, the potatoes tasted like paste, the vegetables were over cooked, the rolls undercooked, and the pie raw. Thank God for the Jello Salad.

Our Jello Salad is a little different than the typical Jello Salad (does that make any sense?). You'll need the following items:

24oz. Jar of Regular Apple Sauce
2 sugar free packets of Raspberry jello
24 oz. of Diet 7-Up

That's it.

Dump the Apple Sauce in into a saucepan and bring to a boil. While this is reaching boiling, use the jar to flatten the fizzy soda, pour the 7-Up in the jar and let it sit. When the apple sauce is boiling slowly add the jello into the mix. Stir quickly or it will clump.

Let mixture cool slightly and then stir in 7-Up - Note: If you haven't let it go flat stir it in a little at a time as it will bubble and spill over.

Once soda has been added, pour mixture into the serving bowl and place in refrigerator.

This is also a nice recipe as you can make it the day before and it's ready to go. If you make it the day of, make it early to give the jello time to set.