Celebration Fruit Salad
This could be considered a fruit salad, but because it has miniature marshmallows, I am calling it a dessert salad. This was the "traditional celebration salad" in my family when I was a child. This is my mother's recipe so the quantities are up for interpretation. I would start with one apple, one banana and 1 cup of mini-marshmallows and go from there. The recipe suggests strawberry jello, but for Christmas we would use red jello and green jello squares.
- Apples medium dice
- Bananas halved and 1" slice
- 6-10 maraschino cherries chopped
- miniature marshmallows
- small pkg Strawberry Jello may use other flavors
- Whipping cream
- sugar and vanilla to taste
Make Jello with ¼ cup less water than directions call for. Set in 8" square flat pan/dish.Peel and cup up fruit into bowl.Add marshmallows.Whip cream in a chilled bowl, sweeten to taste with sugar and vanilla. Fold into bowl with fruit.Cut Jello into small cubes about ½" square and fold into fruit mixture.