Ambrosia Salad

Y'all ever try to cook with your mama and it just don't work

So this is actually a pretty healthy recipe when you don't take into account the three cups of marshmallows

The heavy cream. And the cup of heavy cream. The confectioner's sugar. And the amount of confectioner's sugar

Other than that, it's perfectly a diet dish. Hey, everybody

Yes. Welcome back to the Paula Deen Network. When I was a kid, and even now as an adult

I remember you always making ambrosia at Christmas time and at Thanksgiving. This was something that we always had in our house

It's a very seasonal dish for me. Every time I make it, it's a little bit different, and it's never exactly the way that you made it

And I want to show you kind of my version of your classic ambrosia. That is great because, you know, I'm 23 years older than Bobby

and there's a new generation coming along. And this new generation can show us the older generation their way of doing things

So I'm always interested in learning, son. Some people in their ambrosia will use sour cream and even mayonnaise

Some people would use it in their ambrosia. But people who know me know

I ain't never here to that. Well, my ambrosia, we're going to use Greek yogurt

So if you will, go ahead and begin to whip the cream for me. My ambrosia is a real liquidy you eat with a spoon

and then I do sweetened whipped cream a dollop on top This is my ambrosia I know and I having fun I following your instructions Do it All right how much sugar you want me to put Three tablespoons please

OK, look at that one. That's one tablespoon. Oh, look, that might be five tablespoons

Well, how do I turn this thing on? Aren't you Paula Deen? Yes

Can't use a mixer? So do these ingredients, do these look like the same ingredients

that you would use in your Ambrosia? Well, you know, but we're doing yours, which I'll do mine at another time

So this is actually a pretty healthy recipe when you don't take into account

the three cups of marshmallows. The heavy cream. And the cup of heavy cream

The confectioner's sugar, the marshmallows. And the mountain of confectioner's sugar that my mom just put in there. And the coconut

So my ingredients are all prepped. And the sweet cherries. Other than that, it's perfectly a diet dish

You're coming along. I love it. I know that you do. You're coming along nicely

My ingredients are all prepped, so what I'm going to do, Mom, is just put them in the bowl. Are you going to use all those marshmallows

I am. Three cups. A cup of coconut. Okay. A cup and a half of pecans

Okay. Is Claudia familiar with the dish ambrosia? I don't think so

A cup of oranges. Half a cup of maraschino cherries. And one 20-ounce can of pineapple

Do you put the juice in all? Absolutely. Because I remember your ambrosia being really

it was a wet, like, cold salad. No It was a good one Oh Is it good It delicious Is it

You got nice stiff peaks. That looks good to me. Yeah. So why don't we fold in some of our Greek yogurt

Okay. And how much? How much Greek yogurt, son? Why don't we start with like a..

I'm not familiar with this one. Maybe a half cup. Okay. So, I'm just gonna fold, fold, fold

Y'all ever try to cook with your mama and... Fold, fold, fold. Y'all ever try to cook with your mama and it just don't work

Yes, it does work. Doesn't it work, y'all? Yes. Well, she ain't your mama

All right, have you tasted it yet? No, but I want to because I've never. This is going to be very new, new, new

Oh, that's wonderful. That's really, really good. That is so good, y'all

Yes, it is. It's very sweet. It's very light and fluffy. I love it

And it's very satisfying. And the Greek yogurt doesn't take anything away from it at all

Bobby, that is so good. Yeah. Greek yogurt is my friend. That looks really good to me

Here you go, sonny boy. Thank you, Marma. How are we going to serve our friends over there in the audience

I'm going to just put this. Now, yours is a little thinner

I think it would probably pay off to drain your pineapple. I think you might be right

But you know, since you're doing a thick ambrosia. Too late for that, Pearl

How could we add some color to that Well we just need some maraschino cherries to put on top Just put right on top I put many more maraschino cherries in it than what you do

but, I mean, that's all right. That is all right. Dissatisfaction from Paula Deen

No, no, no, I'm just saying. And I drain my maraschino cherries and rinse them

You're just looking at it? You're just judging it? No, I'm trying to pull your cherries off

Please. I love you. I love you, too. I love your ambrosia

I want you to try it. Don't double dip now. I'm not

Do you like it? Is it good enough to serve our guests? Yes

Hey, everybody. Hey. All right. This is very good, very different, and I love it, son

I learn something new every day. When you taught me how to cook as a kid, you said always go exactly by the recipe the first time

and then after that, make it your own. So that's what I've done. I've made my own ambrosia salad

And if you like this recipe... I love it. You can get it. You can get my version

You can get her version. And you can get it on the Paula Deen Network

So thanks for watching. This would be... This would be delicious on Countcake as well, Bobby

Yes, it would be, Marma. you