Many of us grew up with 7-Up drinks in our refrigerators. They were also a cool respite on a hot day, usually taken from a cooler at a filling station. We also used 7-Up for ice-cream floats with vanilla ice-cream or lime sherbet.
This is a recipe for a congealed salad that includes crushed pineapple, pecans, cream cheese, lime jello, and 7-Up. It is a refreshing salad that can serve as a dessert. It’s lime green-color also looks festive for the holidays.
7-Up Congealed Salad
Ingredients:
1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
1 small can crushed pineapple, drained
1Tbsp. sugar
1 pkg. lime Jello
½ cup chopped pecans, toasted
1 cup boiling water
1-1/2 cups 7-Up
Directions:
Dissolve Jello in boiling water. Cream mixture into cream cheese and beat until smooth with a hand mixer. Stir in pineapple (drained), sugar, and pecans. Stir in 7-Up.
Pour into mold and chill.
Just before the mixture begins to set up, stir again to distribute the pecans in the mixture.
Chill thoroughly and unmold just before serving.
Enjoy!
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small or large pkg of jello?
This would be a small package of jello.
I have a 20oz can is that considered large or small? I don’t have any other size.
Lois, I believe there was a smaller can when this recipe was published in a 1979 cookbook. I’d use about half of the 20 ounce can (drained). Then you can decide if you want to use more of the pineapple. It shouldn’t make a great deal of difference in the consistency. It would make a difference if the additional liquid was added.