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Mandarin Orange Salad

Time

Prep: 15 minutes              Ready In: 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 pkg orange jello
  • 1 can mandarin oranges (save juice)
  • Hot water (measurement in Step 1)
  • 1 container Cool Whip
  • 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium bowl
  • Jell-O ring mold

Directions

  1. Place Jell-O in medium bowl. Use juice of oranges and hot water to equal 1 cup.  Pour over Jell-O.  Let set until firm but not set.  Whip until frothy.  Add cool whip and softened cream cheese.
  2. In Jell-O mold, arrange orange sections in bottom of ring. Pour gelatin mixture over.
  3. Chill in fridge until hardened.

Pineapple Cheese Ball (Grandma Stowell’s Holiday Cheese)

Serving Suggestion

Serve with crackers.

Time

Prep: 10 minutes              Ready In: 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
  • 1 c chopped pecans
  • ¼ c finely chopped green pepper
  • 2 T chopped onion
  • 1 T seasoned salt
  • ¼ c chopped pecans

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium bowl

Directions

  1. In medium bowl, mix cream cheese with fork. Gradually stir in pineapple, 1 c pecans, green peppers, onion, and seasoned salt.  Roll into a ball.
  2. Roll in ½ c pecans, so that the outside of the ball is covered in pecans.
  3. Wrap in plastic film and refrigerate 1 hour prior to serving.

Grandma Mallaney’s Turkey Dressing

  • 2 cups diced onion (12 oz)
  • 2 cups diced celery (15-16 oz)
  • 1/2 cup parsley, snipped
  • 2 chicken bouillon cubes in 1 cup hot water
  • 3 sticks butter
  • 2-4 tsp sage
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • 2 (12 oz) bags unseasoned croutons
Instructions
  1. BAKE THE PUMPKIN PIE.
  2. Simmer onion, celery, parsley, bouillon, and butter for 45-60 min.
  3. Let onion/celery mix cool.
  4. Combine with eggs and sage and mix.
  5. Place in large mixing bowl and add croutons gradually, to avoid adding so much that it becomes too dry.  The mixture should still be wet and able to stick together.
  6. cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the size of the pan, butter the paper, and place the paper butter-side-down on the dressing.
  7. Cover with foil, bake for 45 minutes.