ctack2

My mom used to make a 3 layer jello recipe and since she passed we cannot find her recipe.
It had jello on the bottom and top. The middle layer was crushed pineapples, cream cheese, miniature marshmallows and maybe whipped cream. Cooked in a double boiler.
I have found many recipes on the web, but none are exact. Most don't use the double boiler. I even checked the Jello official site and can't find it.
Anyone have it? I know she was making it as far back as the early 70s, maybe earlier.
Thanks,
Carol B

mathteacher

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/c...s-ribbon-salad
I found this when I did a quick search. Perhaps recipes don't include using the double boiler now because people can boil water and soften the cream cheese in the microwave?

ctack2

Thank you Math Teacher.....that is the closest to it I've seen. Momma's didn't use the pecans, but other than that it sounds right.
Thanks

elnan

I think what you are looking for is called Ribbon Salad, from "Joys of Jello Gelatin Dessert", a booklet about 5"X7", published as near as I can figure about 1962. In this recipe the marshmallows, cream cheese, mayo, whipped cream, and crushed pineapple are in the middle layer of lemon jello. No double boiler mentioned, but that could have been your Mom's own version, like the marshmallow creme in fudge. I wonder if the marshmallows would melt in the double boiler and give it a smoother texture. There are many postings of this recipe on the Internet, just google "Joys of Jello Ribbon Salad".
In that Taste of Home recipe, the poster indicates that she substitutes sugar free, fat free products.

ManiacQuilter2

My family had a jello recipe but you just had to let the lower layer become firm, than put a layer of sour cream and carefully added the second layer. Never heard of using a double boiler.

Ladibug

ctack2, I found this recipe. I hope it is close enough to what you are looking for. All the recipes are making me want jello.
http://www.food.com/recipe/jell-o-ribbon-salad-9432

madamekelly

Here is the original recipe my dad loved anytime of year. Slightly different from Jello ribbon salad.

http://www.food.com/recipe/jell-o-12...dessert-165582

bneuen

Ribbon Salad
1 (6 oz) pkg - lime jello
1/2 C miniature marshmallows
1-8 oz cream cheese
1 C whip cream (cool whip)
1 C mayonnaise
5 C cold water
6 C hot water
1 pkg (6 oz) lemon jello
1 C pineapple juice
2 cans (9 oz) crushed pineapple
1 pkg (6 oz) cherry jello

Dissolve lime jello in 2 C hot water
Add 2 C cold water. Pour into pan and chill.

Dissolve lemon jello in 2 C hot water. Add marshmallows and cream cheese until melted.
Add 1 C pineapple juice, 1 C cold water and pineapple. Chill
When cold, fold in mayonnaise and cool whip. Pour over lime jello layer. Chill.

Dissolve cherry jello in 2 C hot water. Add 2 C cold water. Pour into pan. Chill

KyKaren1949

You can still buy the book! http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Joys-J.../dp/B000O6K2P8

maviskw

I'll bet this is the one. I got from our home-ec teachers, who served it at a banquet in our home-ed department. (This was in 1949.)I was an FHA member so was helping serve. They put a blob of mayo on it, but I couldn't stand the mayo. I've been making it ever since. I'll give you the recipe as they gave it to me, and then tell how I sometimes change it.

PINEAPPLE CHEESE SALAD
One 6-oz. pkg Jell-O
2 c. boiling water
40 large marshmallows
1/2 c. Mayonnaise
1/2 c. whipping cream
1/2 c. cottage cheese
1 c. crushed pineapple

Dissolve Jell-O in boiling water. Stir in marshmallows and dissolve. Cool. Add mayonnaise, whipped cream, cottage cheese and pineapple. Blend well. Chill.

For a fancy salad, dissolve one 3-oz. pkg. red Jell-O in 1 1/2 c boiling water. Pour into a flat bottom 9X13 pan. Chill level until firm. Pour pineapple cheese salad over. Chill till firm. Prepare another 3-oz. pkg. red Jell-O with 1 1/2 c. boiling water. Cool. Pour over salad. Chill till firm. Cut into squares and serve on lettuce leaf with a dollop of whipped cream or mayonnaise. Note: Colors of Jello layers can be changed to suit the occasion. Red Jell-O in the cheese layer will give you pink for Easter.

I have made this numerous times. Now I use fewer marshmallows, putting them into the blender to melt with the boiling water and first package of Jell-O, usually lemon, sometimes add some ice cream, sometimes put the cheese layer into the blender and blend well, and sometimes leave out the whipping cream and add Yogurt or Kefir. You really can't go wrong. Make it the way you like.