I made this for our 4th of July barbeque. I think the consensus was that it was fine. Not bad, not wonderful, just fine. I used my mini-nut chopper to dice everything, and it worked great, even the orange. I cut them all a little while before I was able to add them, so chopping the apple with the orange helped keep the apple fresh.
The celery was a big sticking point for most. Why add celery to a jello salad? I would suggest just leaving the celery out. I really liked the orange in it! It added a bit of zing. I think I will try that in a jello salad in the future. The cranberries also tasted good, and I would definitely add them to a jello salad in the future.
Since this has cranberries, oranges, and nuts, I think it would be easiest and most appropriate around Christmas. I had to make a special trip to the one grocery store in the entire valley that sells frozen cranberries this time of year. At Christmas, I could have easily gotten them anywhere.
Sorry no picture! I just didn't get one in the craziness of 4th of July. It was dark red with little bits in it. :)
Christmas Cranberry Jello Salad by Maude J
2 small packages cherry jello
1 3/4 C sugar (I only put in about 1 cup, and I dissolved it into the cranberries and orange and apple)
4 C water
1 orange (ground)
1 C chopped nuts
1 C celery diced
1-2 apples diced (I used 1 large apple)
2 C cranberries ground
Dissolve jello using 2 C boiling water, then 2 C cold. Set in frig until syrupy, then add remaining ingredients and let set up.
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