Cranberry Jewel Salad

Submitted by Dienia B.

"This one is for Syd, lol. One of those holiday salads."

 

• Ready In: 24hrs 5mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 (1 lb) can cranberry sauce
• 1 (3 ounce) box strawberry Jell-O gelatin dessert
• 1 1⁄2 cups water, boiling
• 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 banana, diced
• 3 cups Cool Whip

directions

1. Place cranberry sauce in refrigerator overnight; it must be cold.
2. Dissolve Jell-O in boiling water; put in refrigerator.
3. Open cranberries; dice into bite size cubes; put back in refrigerator.
4. Mix cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, and salt together with a mixer until smooth and creamy.
5. Stir in pineapple, banana, and cooled Jell-O.
6. Fold in Cool Whip.
7. Fold in cranberry chunks.
8. Pour into pan and chill overnight.
9. Cut into squares and serve on a lettuce leaf, or put into a mold. I have seen nuts put into this, and one recipe froze this.