Happy New Year, Calvin and Hobbes Style
I was trying to find some fabulously inspiring quote to give you for the new year, but nothing really seemed just right. But mostly I want to thank each and every one of you for stopping by my little site, and wish you a warm and wonderful year filled with joy and blessings, and of course a lot of deliciousness! Have fun "exploring" through 2011.
Here's a little pic of the cranberry salad my MIL makes that I was telling you about.
It's truly delicious, sweet and tart, with delicious bits of cranberry and pineapple. Goes great with your meal or as dessert.
Here's her recipe...actually recipes. She has a regular and a diet version.
Cranberry Salad - original
1 bag raw cranberries - frozen if using a grinder or not frozen if using food processor
2 apples - peeled and chopped with food processor or by hand
11/3 cup pineapple - crushed or use tidbits and chop with food processor
1 cup sugar
2 small boxes Jello - cranberry and/or raspberry
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 carton Cool Whip - regular
1 bag raw cranberries - frozen if using a grinder or not frozen if using food processor
2 apples - peeled and chopped with food processor or by hand
11/3 cup pineapple - crushed or use tidbits and chop with food processor
1 cup sugar
2 small boxes Jello - cranberry and/or raspberry
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 carton Cool Whip - regular
Cranberry Salad - diet version
1 bag raw cranberries - frozen if using a grinder or not frozen if using food processor
2 apples - peeled and chopped with food processor or by hand
1 1/3 cup pineapple - crushed or use tidbits and chop with food processor
1 cup Splenda
2 small boxes Jello (sugar-free) - raspberry
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 carton Cool Whip Free
Stir together: ground cranberries, chopped apples, crushed pineapple and sugar; let set 1 hour for flavors to mingle and sugar to dissolve.
Prepare Jello; let set in fridge until it begins to thicken. Stir in fruit mixture; when it begins to set pretty well, blend in Cool Whip.
Only two people were interested in my used copy of "Dining with Joy", so my daughter wrote their names down on two seperate slips of paper and pulled their name from a cup to determine the winner is Glenda. Congrats, and I'll be contacting you soon for your mailing info.