Jello Salad in a Can

 

MMM... fresh pineapple juice from the can!!

 

Did you know if you drain the juice from a can of sliced pineapple and

then replace it with jello you can have a simple jello salad?

 

To make a jello salad like the one pictured above:

Pour off the juice

Replace with jello made with half the water

Chill until set (I left it in the fridge while we were at church)

Run hot water on the sides and bottom of can.

Cut off bottom of can and use to help push out fruit & jello

Cut between slices and serve

 

 

 

Today's lunch was grilled brats, jello salad in a can and

fresh cucumbers from my mom's garden with ranch dressing.

 

 

Recipe originally pinned from

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/charmandpoise/5806376278/in/pool-362486@N20/

Baked Potato Casserole

I have a new recipe that is not sweet!  Amazing, I know!  For this blog post I am returning to an earlier type of recipe - a potato casserole!

These potatoes earned me 8 cents on my Fuel Saver card and are the basis for this yummy casserole!

 

Everything's better with bacon!

 

I used my stove as my assembly surface. 

Below is all the yummy ingredients:

a heaping bowl of sliced potatoes (10 potatoes)

2 sticks of softened (or because I nuked them too long, partially melted) butter

Sour cream/Ranch dressing mixture (32 oz of sour cream and 1 pkt of ranch dressing mix)

(the original recipe said to put green chili's in the mixture as well but as a nursing mom I decided to leave them out for DS's sake)

4 cups of shredded cheddar cheese (I used sharp 'cause I love my cheese!)

5 slices of bacon (broken into bits)

 

 

 

These ingredients were layered together (leaving the bacon for the last layer) and baked at 350 for approx. 45 mins. to create this yummy casserole:

 

See the butter pooling at the bottom of the plate?!

 

This dish is so unhealthy but so yummy!!

 

Original recipe pinned from justapinch.com