Looking for 3-layer Ribbon Jello recipe
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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
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
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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?
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?
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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.
In that Taste of Home recipe, the poster indicates that she substitutes sugar free, fat free products.
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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
http://www.food.com/recipe/jell-o-ribbon-salad-9432
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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
http://www.food.com/recipe/jell-o-12...dessert-165582
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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
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
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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
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
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.
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