Mama's Lemon Line Gelatin Salad

You know, Southern women have so many quick side salads

This is one, we called it Kari's Lemon Lime Gelatin Salad. My mother made this every Christmas because it's green and it was so good

I love it with prime rib. Oh, wow. I was not expecting that at all

Mama would cook a turkey, and it would be so good with that

Well, this looks pretty simple. What's the time consuming, just the fact that you got gelatin

Well, you got to let it kind of see it, but that's it. All right

My mama used two packs of gelatin, and this is like the three-ounce size

And this is lime and lemon. So just put it in there both, Bobby

And we're just going to stir that with a whisk until those dissolve

And I remember my daddy just loving this salad. And Mama would serve it on a little bit of lettuce with a dollop of mayonnaise on top

All you want to do, Bobby, is just make sure your gelatin is good and dissolved

We're going to put that right into the refrigerator and let it thicken just ever so slightly

If we put it in loose, it's going to be so hot that everything would sink right to the bottom

and we don't want that to happen. You probably want to put this in your refrigerator right away

Oh, yeah. I put it right in there. Okay. So there we go So just to make sure that it not going to stick on us let do that All right So we using a lime and limelight gelatin

So in the refrigerator, this goes. It has slightly thickened. Do you not want to wait for it to be completely congealed

No, we're going to do that later. See just ever so slightly, y'all

You see that it hadn't gotten in any kind of chunks or anything yet

So we are using a 20-ounce can of crushed pineapple, and you want to make sure you drain that good

because you want your salad to be firm. Got it. All right

I'm going to use a half a cup of evaporated milk. Okay. Which says shake well

You're not going to put the pineapple in there, baby. In? In here

Okay, I've never made this before. This is completely new to me. Spread it out

Just put it in there and stir it all in. Stir it. Okay

All right, now stir in that. Let's help you along. And you see it's gotten even thicker

because we added those cold ingredients, so it's really chilling it down

This is a great salad, too, to serve at St. Patrick's Day

Ooh. You know, when you're wanting to make everything green. Ah, look at how smart you are

Yes, so look at that. Yum, yum. We're going to put a half a cup of orange juice

So we're going to be stirring this thing throughout the whole process, yes? Just for, yeah, just for a second

And I'm going to be measuring that. And let me ask you this. We drained the pineapple juice, but we added orange juice

Couldn we have just kept the pineapple juice Well no Well no No No We got the pineapple in there that going to give us the pineapple flavor OK But the orange juice is going to bring another flavor layer

in there. I'm just naturally inquisitive. I know. And I was curious

All right. Cottage cheese. One cup of cottage cheese. Yum. Mm-hmm. And now we're going to end up putting this all

into the refrigerator and letting it cool? Yes. Or get cold. Until it firms up

How long would you leave it in there? Just a couple hours, son. You know it doesn't take that long

All right, now we're going to stir in a cup of mayonnaise

Stir, baby, stir. We just made a left on this recipe. What do you mean

The mayonnaise was unexpected. Maraschino cherries. And I'm going to find me a little

Marachino cherries expected, pecans expected. Yes. Mayonnaise unexpected. Mayonnaise is either love it or don't love it

My mama taught me early on that French fries and mayonnaise are so good together

I'm taking a half a cup of maraschino cherries, y'all. So pecans and what is this

That's horseradish and I know you don't like it. Mayonnaise and horseradish in this

Now, I'm going to rinse my cherries because I don't want this to turn pink

I want it to stay green. So I'm going to rinse that cherry juice off

I'm going to take a couple of paper towels to just absorb that juice

because I don't want to alter the liquids in this. Oh my gosh this reminds me so much of my mother and my daddy Did they put the horseradish in it too Yes I going right by my mama recipe Pecans

You can use walnuts. I've eaten this, you said. Yes, son. I've been making this since y'all were little bitty boys

at Christmas. Is that why I hate horseradish to this day? Well, son, I don't know

A teaspoon of horseradish. And it gives it just a wonderful flavor

Totally got me with the horseradish. I had no idea that was going to be. Oh, my gosh. This is so good, y'all

Is it what you remember? Of course it is, son. It is so good

It really is good. The overall flavor is great. I just, I have a thing with horseradish

I just don't. Yes, Bobby doesn't like horseradish. So we're going to put that in there and let that chill

How many have ever had that salad? You've had it. Yes, ma'am

Now, who fixed that for you? My grandmother. What did grandma serve it with

It was actually a dessert. Really? Really? Well, it's not super sweet, but it's wonderful with ham, turkey, prime rib, baked chicken

All right, y'all. Come up here and get y'all some. How do y'all like that, guys

It's good, isn't it? I'm gonna try to get as many side salads from my childhood

that are easy and your children will love right here on the Paula Deen Network

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