Recipe: Red, White and Blue Jell-O Salad

Red, White and Blue Jell-O Salad
recipelink.com Chat Room Recipe Swap - 2001-08-28
From: Kelly~WA
Originally posted by: leeza
Date: June 26th 1998
Board: recipelink.com Picnic and Outdoor Cooking

Get a large red (strawberry or raspberry) Jell-O and a large blueberry one, and make each according to
package directions, except pour the red Jell-O into a 9x13-inch pan and chill till firm.

Mix 8 oz. pkg. of cream cheese (softened) with 8 oz sour cream; blend in 1/4 cup powdered sugar if you want a sweeter cream layer. (I think the tartness of the sour cream + cream cheese is a good contrast to the sweetness of the Jell-O s.)

Spread the cream filling over the red Jell-O; chill for at least a 1/2 hour to firm up the filling. *CAREFULLY* spoon the blue (still liquefied) Jell-O over the cream filling and chill till firm.

If you want to jazz it up a bit, reserve about 1/2 cup of the cream filling instead of spreading it all over the red layer, and use the extra to top the blue Jell-O after it's firm. Sprinkle on sliced almonds, or perhaps sliced strawberries for flag stripes and blueberries in a square for the stars' background.