Holiday Ribbon Jell-O Salad

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Layers of red and green make this festive salad a favorite during the Christmas season.! While this Salad is absolutely beautiful, it does take a bit of time!!

Holiday Ribbon Jell-O Salad

• 12-15 Servings
• Prep: 40 min. + chilling

Ingredients

• 2 packages (3 ounces each) lime gelatin
• 5 cups boiling water, divided
• 4 cups cold water, divided
• 1 package (3 ounces) lemon gelatin
• 1/2 cup miniature marshmallows
• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, undrained
• 2 packages (3 ounces each) cherry gelatin

Directions

• In a bowl, dissolve lime gelatin in 2 cups boiling water. Add 2 cups cold water; stir. Pour into a 13-in. x 9-in. dish; refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
• In a bowl, dissolve lemon gelatin in 1 cup boiling water. Stir in marshmallows until melted. Cool for 20 minutes. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. Gradually beat in lemon gelatin. Stir in pineapple. Carefully spoon over the lime layer. Chill until set.
• Dissolve cherry gelatin in 2 cups boiling water. Add the remaining cold water; stir. Spoon over the lemon layer. Refrigerate overnight. Cut into squares. Yield: 12-15 servings.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 each) equals 236 calories, 17 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 22 mg cholesterol, 164 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 3 g protein.

Holiday Ribbon Gelatin published in Taste of Home December/January 2003, p37

Carefully Add Layers

When making a layered gelatin salad, it's helpful to gently spoon (rather than pour) each layer onto the previous layer of gelatin so it doesn't break through the other layers. —Janet Biersach, Mauston, Wisconsin

This recipe is courtesy of Holiday Ribbon Gelatin Recipe | Taste of Home Recipes

This picture if of my son actually digging into this salad before dinner (LOL) So if you think your kids won’t like it, think again!!

Recipes for Busy Mothers ~Bruschetta Chicken + an Extra!

Any mom knows that putting dinner on the table in 30 minutes or less is a skill you need to have! Here are 2 recipes to help any mom put dinner on the table quick!

Bruschetta Chicken Bake

INGRIDENTS:

1 can (14-1/2 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained

1 pkg. (6 oz.) STOVE TOP Stuffing Mix for Chicken

1/2 cup water

2 cloves garlic, minced

1-1/2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces

1 tsp. dried basil leaves

1 cup KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Preheat oven to 400

Mix tomatoes, stuffing mix, water and garlic just until stuffing mix is moistened.

Layer chicken, basil and cheese in 3-qt. casserole or 13x9-inch baking dish.

Top with stuffing. Bake 30 min. or until chicken is done.

Recipe courtesy of: kraft foods

Curly Noodle Dinner

INGREDIENTS:

1 pound ground beef

1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained

1 (11 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained

1 (3 ounce) package beef ramen noodles

1/4 cup water (optional)

DIRECTIONS

In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain.

Stir in the tomatoes, corn and contents of noodle seasoning packet. Bring to a boil. Break noodles into small pieces; stir into beef mixture.

Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-12 minutes or until noodles are tender, adding water if desired.

Recipe Swap: Grilled S'mores-Stuffed Bananas!

I have not yet tried this recipe, but I promise I will before the summer is out. Believe it or not, hubby found this one in our local newspaper. That in its self tells me I have to do it, he never brings me recipes!


1/2 Cup mini chocolate chips
2 graham cracker squares, finely crumbled
4 unpeeled bananas, ripe but still slightly firm
1/2 cup mini marshmallows

Heat a gas grill to medium-high or prepare a charcoal fire.

In a bowl, stir together the chocolate chips and graham cracker crumbs.

Lay the bananas on their side on a flat surface. Cut a 3/4 inch slit from tip to tip along what is now the top side of the banana. Pry open each slit just enough to push in one quarter of the chocolate chip mixture into the banana. Stuff marshmallows into each slit.

Wrap each banana snugly in foil, making a seam above the filled opening.

Turn off one side of the grill. Place the bananas, seam up, over the cooler side. Cover and grill for 15 minutes, or until the banana feels very soft when squeezed with an oven mitt. Serve immediately with a spoon for scooping the mixture out of the peel!

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Recipe Swap: Real Good Cookies

This is my first time participating in this MeMe: but how can you go wrong getting awesome recipes from great bloggers? One of my favorite bloggers hosts this one so go, now! and submit your own recipe:

Our Chaotic Life:

This recipe is from my mothers files, and is still to this day one of the best recipes for Chocolate Chip Cookies around!

1 Cup (1/2 margarine 1/2 Criso)
1 Cup white sugar
1 Cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 Cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups dry oatmeal
1 6 oz. package chocolate chips

Cream together margarine, Crisco and Sugars, beat in eggs and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together and add to creamed mixture. Then stir in oatmeal and chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoon on cookie sheet. Bake at 360 degrees about 7-10 minutes.

So you got the link above, may the cook be with you! (Yea, so not my picture, but this is what the cookies look like! Sorry, I have been blogging, not cooking).