Moms Cranberry Salad Recipes

MOM'S CRANBERRY JELL-O® SALAD

Steps:

• Blend water, pineapple, gelatin, and sugar together in a blender for 15 seconds. Add cranberries and blend an additional 15 seconds.
• Stir celery, walnuts, chopped orange, apple, and orange zest together in a large bowl. Pour blended pineapple mixture into celery mixture and stir until completely combined. Transfer mixture to a serving bowl, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until set, 8 hours to overnight.

MOM'S RAW CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Wash and pick through cranberries.
• Core and quarter apples.
• Seed and quarter orange.
• Grind in food processor starting with the orange, and then add apples and cranberries. You can do in batches so you don't over process it.
• We used a hand crank grinder to make this when I was a child.
• Add sugar (in the 50's we used 2 cups of sugar, so taste after a couple hours and adjust per your personal preferences).
• Let marinate for at least 6 hours or overnight.

BIGMOM'S CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Place the cranberries in a food processor. Process until coarsely chopped. Transfer the cranberries to a large bowl, and stir in the pineapple, apple, celery, and sugar. Combine the gelatin and boiling water in a separate bowl, stirring until gelatin dissolves. Pour gelatin mixture into the pineapple mixture; stir to combine. Cover and refrigerate until gelatin sets, about 2 hours.

MOM'S CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Stir cubed bananas in lemon juice to keep from turning dark. Fold all ingredients together gently. Freeze in 9x13-inch pan. Editor's Extra: Anytime I have drained pineapple juice, I put it in my orange juice carton for next morning's breakfast drink. Fun Fact: Native Americans used cranberries as medicine and for poultices to draw poison from arrow wounds. The juice was a natural dye for rugs, blankets and clothing. They also mixed mashed cranberries with deer meat to make pemmican, a convenience food that kept for long periods of time. Some say the cranberry gets its name from Dutch and German settlers who called it "crane berry" because its petals resembled the head of a crane. Others say the name came from colonists who saw cranes feeding on the red berries. Legend has it cranberries were served at the first Thanksgiving in 1621. The U.S. produces some 4.84 million barrels of cranberries in a given year. End to end, that's about 1.75 million miles.

MOLDED CRANBERRY NUT SALAD

Steps:

• Soften unflavored gelatin in 1/2 cup water; set aside. In 3-qt. saucepan, combine cranberries, sugar and wine or cranberry juice; heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Add lemon gelatin and softened unflavored gelatin; stir until dissolved. Stir in remaining water. Chill until mixture is partially set. Fold in celery and walnuts. Pour into greased 8-cup mold; cover and chill until set. Meanwhile, combine sour cream and mayonnaise; refrigerate until ready to serve. To serve, unmold gelatin and top each serving with dollop of dressing. Garnish with celery leaves.