Salad recipes

Applesauce jello salad -- A delicious jello salad, taken from The Monterey Coast Guard Officers' Wives Club Cookbook. My sister-in-law was the president of the club which put that cookbook together.

Lime velvet salad is a retro molded Jello salad with cream cheese, crushed pineapple, celery, nuts, and whipped cream. Creamy, crunchy, and unmistakably vintage.

Double raspberry Jello salad with frozen raspberries and whole cranberry sauce. A three-ingredient molded side dish that's a holiday table staple.

Orange Jello salad with just cottage cheese and whipped topping. No boiling, no setting, no cooking at all. Dry Jello powder dissolves straight into the cottage cheese for a fluffy potluck side.

A three-layer Jello salad with strawberry-banana gelatin hugging a creamy center of cream cheese, sour cream, and chopped walnuts. Retro potluck royalty served on crisp lettuce leaves.

Cottage cheese Jello salad with dry orange Jello powder, crushed pineapple, mandarin oranges, and whipped cream. No boiling, no setting time. A fluffy, creamy retro potluck side ready in 10 minutes.

Light and fluffy Jello salad blending apricot gelatin with canned apricots, cream cheese, and whipped topping for a retro dessert.

Retro broccoli jello mold made with lemon gelatin, sour cream, mayonnaise, and vinegar. A creamy, tangy vintage salad that sets firm and unmolds beautifully for potlucks.

A vintage lemon Jell-O mold loaded with diced apples, crisp celery, chopped walnuts, and a swirl of mayonnaise. This retro Waldorf gelatin salad is a nostalgic potluck classic.

Retro gelatin salad with shredded carrots, celery, and cabbage set in orange or lime Jello with a splash of lemon. A crunchy, jiggly side dish that chills in just 30 minutes.

Veggie vomit is a Halloween gross-out lime jello salad with grated cabbage, carrots, crushed pineapple, and mandarin oranges. Kids love the gross name; the salad tastes great.