southern sunshine salad
(1 rating)
Every southern cook has a congealed salad recipe in his or her recipe box, and this should be yours. Southern Sunshine Salad is a jello fruit salad filled with pineapple, carrots and southern pecans. This lemon jello recipe is a vibrantly colored salad perfect for a church supper or picnic. Its refreshing citrus flavor, combined with the crunch of carrots and nuts, will have people piling their plates. Southern Sunshine Salad will be your new go-to summer salad favorite.
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(1 rating)
yield
4 to 6 Servings
prep time
10 Min
method
Refrigerate/Freeze
Ingredients For southern sunshine salad
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1 smpkg. lemon jello
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1 cboiling water
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8 ozcan crushed pineapple
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2 Tbsplemon juice
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3 mdcarrots, grated
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1/2 cchopped pecans
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1 dashsalt
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mayonnaise (optional)
How To Make southern sunshine salad
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1Drain the pineapple, reserving the juice. Set the pineapple aside for now. To the reserved pineapple juice, add the lemon juice and enough cold water to equal one cup. -
2Dissolve the jello with boiling water. Stir the pineapple juice mixture into the dissolved jello. Pour the jello into a mold or a small square baking dish.
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3Place it in the refrigerator and chill until it begins to thicken (about 45 minutes to 1 hour).
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4Add the reserved pineapple, shredded carrots, pecans and salt. Stir very well to combine the ingredients. Pour into a mold and chill until set (4 hours or overnight). To serve, cut into squares and top with a small dollop of mayonnaise (if desired).
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