Grandma Luetta's Strawberry Jello Salad

By MaryEllen

My grandmother made this for every holiday. We still make it at our house and the kids, grand kids love it. It can be a dessert or a fresh summer salad. Great for luncheons with tea and summer biscuits.

Ingredients

• 1 large pkg of strawberry jello (sugar free) or 2 small boxes
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2-3 (1 1/2 C) mashed bananas
• 1/2 tsp lemon juice
• 1 16 oz pkg frozen strawberries, thawed.
• 1 8.5 oz can crushed pineapple in own juice, drained.
• 8 oz fat free sour cream
• 8 oz fat free cream cheese
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• Serves 12
• Nutritional Info
• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 109.0
• Total Fat: 4.0 g
• Cholesterol: 1.3 mg
• Sodium: 153.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 16.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
• Protein: 4.6 g

Details

Preparation time 30mins

Preparation

Step 1

1. Dissolve jello in the boiling water.
2. Mash the bananas and strawberries adding lemon juice. Add crushed pineapple.
3. Add fruit to jello mix.
4. Pour half of jello mixture into rectangular pyrex dish. Chill until set.
5. Cream softened cream cheese with sour cream. Be sure that the cream cheese is at room temperature so that it will mix well and spread on jello easily.
6. Smooth the cream cheese mixture over set jello. Sprinkle on chopped pecans.
7. Pour remaining jello fruit mix over this.
Chill until set.
8. Chill again until ready to serve, approx. 1 hour.
Cut into 12 squares.

Serve on small plate with mint leaves as garnish if desired.