This recipe was so good and so easy to make! This will definitely be making many more appearances on the menu! You could easily substitute other fruits and flavors to make it your own as well as add in other things similar to Watergate salad... let your imagination run wild with flavor combinations!

Orange Congealed Salad

Ingredients:

• 2 small packages of orange-flavored Jello
• 1 16 oz container of cottage cheese
• 1 14-16 0z can of mandarin oranges, drained well (you can save the juice for something else like homemade cranberry relish)
• 1 16 oz container of Cool Whip, thawed

Optional Add-ins:

• 1-2 c. mini marshmallows
• 1 20 oz container crushed pineapple, drained well
• ½ c. chopped nuts

Directions:

Dump the cottage cheese into a medium-sized bowl and sprinkle the Jello over the top. Stir to combine.

Add in the oranges and stir again.

Fold in the Cool Whip to combine well and then cover and refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving.

Note:

You can change the fruits and Jello flavor to make this into any flavor that you like!