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Lucky Lime Salad

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. + chilling YIELD: 9 servings.
To start your St. Patrick's Day feast off right, be sure to hand out lucky shamrocks—in the shape of those that top this sweet salad! Making them is merely a matter of cutting gelatin with a cookie cutter. Want to prepare the recipe for another celebration? No problem—just change the cookie cutters to suit the occasion. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Ingredients

  • 1 package (3 ounces) lime gelatin
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 cups whipped topping
  • 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained
  • SHAMROCKS:
  • 1 package (6 ounces) lime gelatin
  • 2-1/2 cups boiling water

Directions

  • 1. In a small bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water; stir in cold water. Chill until slightly thickened. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, lemon juice and whipped topping until smooth; stir into gelatin. Fold in pineapple.
  • 2. Pour into a greased 9-in. square dish. Refrigerate until set, about 3 hours.
  • 3. For shamrocks, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Pour into a greased 11x7-in. pan. Refrigerate until set, about 3 hours.
  • 4. Using a 2-in. shamrock-shaped cookie cutter, cut plain gelatin into nine shamrocks. Cut gelatin mixture into nine squares; top each with a gelatin shamrock.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 200 calories, 6g fat (5g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 93mg sodium, 33g carbohydrate (31g sugars, 0 fiber), 3g protein.

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