Merry Christmas Everyone!
Hope your holiday preparations are going smooth. This is a busy time of year for those who celebrate this wonderful holiday. Every time I go out on an errand I am so thankful it isn’t in two feet of snow. For so many in the Southeast U.S. you’ve already had unexpected snow!
We are now starting to shop for our Holiday dinner. Tom cooks a ham with his wonderful glaze, and I help prepare all the other dishes. I thought you might enjoy this jello mold I’ve been serving for years with our ham. This is one of three that we serve. I was trying to remember what I made with this long ago instead of putting cottage cheese in it. I think it was with ice cream and cool whip. I wanted to make this a little healthier to eat so I changed it to cottage cheese. It’s actually one though I enjoy knowing others can enjoy now, as I do not eat dairy due to watching my cholesterol numbers. This jello mold is a favorite of many of our family and I’m happy to share it with you. (Just a side note, I took a picture of my jello mold last year in my bowl, knowing that one day I wanted to share this recipe with you. The other picture was taken this year. Our new counter top and the back splash Tom put in is shown, do you like it?) I love my newly renovated kitchen, it’s much more efficient now with our new cabinets and more spacious.
Lime Jello Mold
- 1 box 3 oz lime jello (I have used the box that contains sugar or sometimes without)
- 1 can 14.5 oz pear halves or whole (I usually get it in it’s own juice, it’s less sugar – which is called, in pear juice from concentrate)
- 1 15 oz container cottage cheese (I use about 3/4’s of that in this jello mold) Pictured is actually a bigger size.
Boil 1 cup of hot water, add to your jello in a bowl. Mix until dissolved. Add your pear juice to a 1 cup measuring cup, then add to that water until you get 1 cup. The idea of this is to get as much flavor from the can of pears that you can, don’t throw away that juice from the can of pears, use it. You are adding this cup of pear juice and water mix to the jello.
Now add your mix of jello to a blender along with the pears and cottage cheese, I like to use 3/4’s of a 15 oz container of the cottage cheese. If you don’t have a blender you can cut up your pears and stir in the cottage cheese. Mix well. I have always used a blender.
Sometimes I have put this in a mold with a Christmas tree mold on the bottom so the tree then is on top when it is molded, but most years I put it in a pretty dish. If you are using a mold you can do one of two things to assure your jello will come out of the mold. I learned long ago to put mayonnaise on wax paper, then spread it all over the jello mold, but instead of that you can use that spray canola spray if you don’t want to use the mayonnaise. Then when you are ready to get your jello out of the mold, flip it down on your dish then put a warm cloth on the dish to loosen the mold. Sometimes mine worked and sometimes, I thought, next year I will put it in a pretty bowl!
Make this the night before your dinner. I usually don’t put plastic wrap on it, but sometimes I do. Refrigerate, enjoy!
I love this holiday, I love knowing there is a Savior that loves us. Do you know what I love most about this holiday? It brings people together, with Greeting cards or events, that throughout the year we seem to not be in touch with, or that it brings those we love closer with such happy memories. I hope you too have many happy moments this holiday. All the best to you and yours.
God Bless You,
Vicki