Cranberry Surprise Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Dice cranberry sauce into small cubes.
• Add pineapple and marshmallows.
• Fold in whipping cream.
• Top with nuts (optional).
• Chill and serve.

Steps:

• Dissolve gelatin in hot water, then add cold water. Cool mixture and set aside.
• Wash and grind cranberries. Pare and chop apples (and oranges, if using) into small chunks.
• Stir together the ground cranberries, chopped apples and oranges (or pineapple) nuts, and sugar.
• Add to slightly thickened gelatin mixture; then pour into a mold and chill until salad is firm and holds its shape. Unmold onto salad greens.

Steps:

• Put the cranberries in a small saucepan; add the honey and 1/3 cup water. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the cranberries pop and the liquid thickens, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool completely.
• Toast the walnuts in a small dry skillet over medium heat, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and let cool slightly, then roughly chop. Stir the olive oil and vinegar into the cooled cranberries. (Add more honey, 1 teaspoon at a time, if the vinaigrette is too tart.) Season with salt and pepper.
• Toss the lettuce and watercress in a serving bowl; season with salt and pepper. Spoon the vinaigrette over the lettuce and top with the walnuts and herbs. Toss before serving.

Steps:

• Boil pineapple juice, cranberry juice and lemon juice together. Add jello. Remove from heat and stir in cranberries. Put in fridge till almost set. Add pineapple and nuts. Add a half cup of chopped celery if you like. Can Substitute Cherry Jello if preferred.

Steps:

• Pulse the cranberries in a food processor until fine and no large pieces remain. Transfer to a large mixing bowl and stir in the sugar. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
• Drain any accumulated juices from the cranberries and reserve for another use, and then stir in the marshmallows and drained pineapple and set aside.
• Whip the heavy cream in a large mixing bowl until it begins to thicken, about 1 minute, and then beat in the powdered sugar and vanilla until soft peaks form, 3 to 5 minutes. Fold the whipped cream into the cranberry mixture, one third at a time, until fully incorporated. Transfer to an 8-by-8-inch baking dish.
• Refrigerate or freeze for about 2 hours. Right before serving, garnish with the pomegranate seeds.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spread the pecans and walnuts on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until lightly toasted, about 6 minutes. Cool completely and roughly chop.
• Stir together the sour cream, chives, mayonnaise, honey, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste in a large bowl. Add the celery, apples, grapes, cranberries and nuts and toss to combine; season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Combine cranberries and sugar.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Drain off liquid.
• Combine grapes, pineapple, walnuts and whipped cream, fold into cranberry mixture.
• Stir in marshmallows.
• Refrigerate until serving time.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the gelatin mix and boiling water until gelatin is dissolved. Stir in the cold water. Transfer to a gelatin mold, or keep in a bowl; cover and refrigerate.
• Place the oranges, lemon, apples, and cranberries into a bowl. Sprinkle the sugar over the top. Set aside so the fruit has time to bleed.
• When the gelatin is partially set, stir in the fruit. Chill until set, preferably overnight. It becomes tastier with age!

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Remove 1 Tbsp. pineapple; set aside. Add enough cold water to reserved pineapple juice to measure 3 cups; pour into saucepan. Bring to boil. Add to dry gelatin mixes in medium bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in cranberry sauce.
• Refrigerate 1-1/2 hours or until slightly thickened.
• Stir in pears, nuts and remaining pineapple. Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm.
• Top with reserved pineapple just before serving.

Steps:

• In a large salad bowl, combine the first five ingredients. In a blender, combine the sugar, oil, onion, vinegar, cranberry sauce, salt and mustard; cover and process until blended. Add poppy seeds; cover and pulse for 5-10 seconds. Drizzle over salad; toss to coat. Serve immediately.

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• In a large bowl, combine the cranberries, pineapple, marshmallows, apple, sugar substitute and salt. Cover and refrigerate overnight. , Just before serving, fold in whipped topping and walnuts.

Steps:

• Mix together the cranberries and sugar; cover and refrigerate overnight.
• The next day, combine the cranberry mixture with the pineapple, marshmallows, pecans and whipped cream. Mix well.
• Pour into a 3 quart dish, cover and refrigerate or freeze until ready to serve.

Steps:

• Dissolve gelatin in boiling water; set aside to cool. Add berries, bananas and pecans. Pour half of mixture into a 9x13 inch pan and put in refrigerator to congeal.
• Spread sour cream over congealed gelatin. Pour other half of gelatin mixture over sour cream. Return to refrigerator until fully congealed.

Steps:

• In the blender puree cranberries and oranges. Add sugar to cranberry mixture and blend.
• In a large bowl dissolve jell-o into boiling water. When dissolved add ice to begin the setting process. Remove what few ice cubes that are remaining.
• Add cranberry mixture to jell-o. Mix well.
• Cover with saran wrap and set in fridge to set.

Steps:

• Stir boiling water and cherry gelatin together in a bowl until gelatin is completely dissolved.
• Heat cranberry sauce in a saucepan over medium heat until melted; stir into gelatin mixture.
• Stir apples and walnuts into the cranberry sauce mixture; add pineapple with juice and mix well. Refrigerate until set, 8 hours to overnight.

Steps:

• Put cranberries in a food processor and blend until well chopped. Transfer cranberries to a large bowl, and mix in pineapple, pecans, marshmallows and sugar.
• In a medium bowl, beat cream with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Fold whipped cream into cranberry mixture. Chill until ready to serve. (Or, freeze for 2 hours before serving.)