Mandarin orange jello salad with cottage cheese is ready in 5 minutes. This vintage jello salad recipe combines mandarin oranges drained of their liquid, orange gelatin, cool whip, crushed pineapple and cottage cheese.
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- A favorite holiday recipe from my childhood.
- An easy jello salad recipe that is perfect for the kids to help make because there is no stove or heat involved.
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Substitutions
- Non-dairy whipped topping - I am using the full fat cool-whip but feel free to use the low fat to the non-fat. version
- Jello - sugar free jello can be substituted.
- Crushed pineapple - Pineapple tidbits can also be used. Both need to be drained. I have one child who likes the tidbits and one child who likes the crushed pineapple. It is a texture thing for both of them.
- Cottage cheese - I use the full fat, small curd cottage cheese. Use a lower fat cottage cheese or substitute in equal parts sour cream if cottage cheese is not available or if you don't like cottage cheese.
Making Orange Fluff Salad, photo instructions
- Drain the mandarin oranges and the crushed pineapple. Discard the liquid.
- In a large bowl, sprinkle the orange jello powder over the cottage cheese.
- Stir to combine and rehydrate the orange jello.
- Add the drained oranges and the drained crushed pineapple to the cottage cheese mixture.
- Dump 2 cups of mini marshmallows into the bowl and stir to combine.
- Add the thawed whipped topping to the orange jello salad.
- Gently fold in the whipped topping, being sure to not break up the mandarin oranges. There will be a few streaks of cool-whip still in the salad.
- Serve.
Storage tips
Store in a closed container for up to 5 days in the refrigerator.
Orange Jello Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 14 oz can mandarin oranges drained
- 1 15 ounce crushed pineapple drained
- 1 3.4 ounce orange-flavored gelatin
- 8 ounces frozen whipped topping thawed
- 12 ounces cottage cheese small curd
- 2 cups marshmallows mini
Instructions
- Drain the mandarin oranges and the crushed pineapple. Discard the liquid.1 14 oz can mandarin oranges, 1 15 ounce crushed pineapple
- In a large bowl, sprinkle the orange jello powder over the cottage cheese.1 3.4 ounce orange-flavored gelatin, 12 ounces cottage cheese
- Stir to combine and rehydrate the orange jello.
- Add the drained oranges and the drained crushed pineapple to the cottage cheese mixture.1 15 ounce crushed pineapple
- Dump 2 cups of mini marshmallows into the bowl and stir to combine.2 cups marshmallows
- Add the thawed whipped topping to the orange jello salad.
- Gently fold in the whipped topping, being sure to not break up the mandarin oranges. There will be a few streaks of cool-whip still in the salad.8 ounces frozen whipped topping thawed
- Serve.
Nutrition
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