Cottage Cheese Fruit Salad

“This turned out to be light and delicious!We didn’t think it was overly sweet at all.I used strawberry jello, fruit cocktail, and small English walnut pieces.Terri F., thank you for the recipe!It’s a keeper!!”

“Subbed a cup of full fat sour cream plus 1/4 cup plain kefir for the Cool Whip to avoid the hydrogenated palm kernel oil (blech).Used parfait glasses and poured a layer of sugar-free orange gelatin mixed per usual instructions. Once it set, split a can of light syup drained mandarin oranges between the 4 glasses.Made the smush using sugar – free orange gelatin.Plenty sweet w/o so much empty carb.Pretty and filling Keeper.Will try w/peach gelatin and canned peaches next w/same layering.”

“This was very good, but it just seemed too sweet to me with the addition of the jell-o.Next time I guess I wouldn’t add the whole packet.Also, it really didn’t seem like it had enough fruit so next time I am going to add more.It comes out pretty mushy so I definitely recommend adding some kind of nuts into this; I added pecans and they were a great addition.I also added some miniature marshmallows.”

“We have tasted better fruit salads, and I blame it on dull fruit cocktail.Perhaps fresh fruit instead, like strawberries or raspberries, would have made it tastier, although no one seemed to care for the cottage cheese consistency either.Sorry, Terri, for being in the minority–just not for our taste buds.”

“I made this for my family birthday dinner last night.It was very well recieved.We really liked this and I loved the fact that it is soooooo easy to make.I always have these ingredients on hand.I did use orange jello and mandarin oranges, but can’t wait to try other combinations.Thank you for sharing.”

“I made this for Thanksgiving and used oragne Jello and mandarin oranges.The kids and adults loved it.”

“What a yummy fruit salad.I used raspberry sugar free jello, fruit cocktail and fat free coolwhip to make it a little lighter for my waist. I had it along with breakfast and also had it as a snack.The pecans gave it a nice crunch.I can see making several combos of this in the future.”

“Easy nice fruit salad.Everyone loved it, but I had a tiny issue with the cottage cheese texture.It didn’t bother anyone else so I rated it 5.”

“This has been a favorite in my family for years. We use orange jello, and mandarin oranges. It is so easy and excellent as a desert or with the main dish. We don’t use nuts since so many people in our family cannot eat them, we top it with marciano cherries and it is just as good.”

“Yum, Yum, Yum,The best!!And so easy to make.Made a batch to feed 50.Came out perfect.”

“This fruit salad is one of our faves! (We call it Cool Whip Salad, though… sounds a little more appetizing to kids, lol!)We use orange jello and a can of mandarin oranges, though.I usually omit the nuts and sometimes, I’ll even add in some marshmallows just before serving.Delish!”

“This salad was perfect!I love that it can be so varied by using different jello and fruit.I was amazed at how yummy this was, the kids fought over the last serving.This will become a staple salad at our dinner table!!!”

“I loved how easy this recipe was but when it came down to taste and texture- I have to say that I was disapponted.It just didn’t turn out like I’d hoped it would.I like the way the recipe can be “adapted” to different tastes so I may try again to find a better fit for my family.Thanks.”

“I was interested to see how cottage cheese worked in this and it really does! I used mixed berry Jell-o,tropical fruit mix and I ground up pecan halves. I also used lite cottage cheese and low-fat Cool Whip. This salad will make a great side dish in the Summer when it’s hot. I like the idea of changing the flavors and fruit combos. Thanks so much for posting!!”

“This was phenomenal!I absolutely love the fact that it has only 4 ingredients (I omitted the nuts), is so simple to make yet so delicious!I will be making this wonderfully refreshing dish often!”

“My mom has been making this for years. The only difference is hers has mini marshmallows in it and we call it Pink Salad. Good stuff! It’s best if it sits in the fridge overnight.”

“Wow, this is good!I used strawbery jello, strawberry cool whip, and one pound of cut up strawberries.I left out the nuts since it was for a potluck function where some people have nut allergies.The texture was great and it was not overly sweet.I put the salad into cupcake liners for individual servings, it (very generously) filled 24.Thanks for a simple and adaptable recipe!”

“I have been searching for a similar recipe for a long time… this recipe is very very close to what I remember eating as a small child.I used cheryy Jello, fruit cocktail in juice and pecans.It was hard to keep my spoon out of it as soon as I done mixing, so only about 3/4 of the salad actually made it to the refrigerator!Thanks for some great memories and a yummy snack!!!”