LOL Love the name. 15 ounce. Haha! Cover it up and let set in fridge overnight. Add cream cheese; let stand for 10 minutes. sugar; mint leaves for garnish, if desired; 1/4 cup Maraschino cherries, sliced, for added color, taste or just garnish. HA! In my family, we call it Waldorf Salad and we have it every year for Thanksgiving as a side dish. We have that every year for Thanksgiving! x 9-in. Remove and gently pat away excess moisture with a paper towel. That’s a Relief Society staple around these parts, lol! If I recall Waldorf salad is apples, celery, walnuts, raisins and some mayo. Can of Mandarin Oranges (drained very well), 14 oz. Although … I make a variation on a curried chicken/Waldorf salad that has all of those things and it’s delicious! Dip the other end of the marshmallow into a different color. Ambrosia can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. And I vow here and now, on this very day not to hide the White Trash Salad anymore. My mother still makes this for every holiday dinner. ... For a cramy salad, refrigerate an hour before serving. Except we use Cool-Whip instead of sour cream. Those cherries in particular are glow in the dark toxic. Paying too close attention might make you itchy. I recall that stuff in a box—Dream Whip! :( think of it as a jiggly, fake-fruit-flavored crouton. Glad you enjoyed it! And quickly. Must go google…, Your email address will not be published. I’m quite amused by the fact that you dedicated a whole post to the ‘White Trash Salad’. Aren’t you just completely blown away by knowing someone like us? The Buffalo, New York … Easy southern side dish recipe perfect for every holiday dinner! Haha that’s our recipe too and I was just going to mention to Karen how much healthier our version is. Pour the mixture over the grapes. Thanks for the memories. I am going to go buy the ingredients right now because I had actually forgotten about it. I’m going to start this trend by having a KitKat and Twizzler salad right now. It’d take some sort of Professor of Gross to explain the lime jello with grated carrots. Mixed with marshmallows, and coconut if no one objected to coconut. Thanks Beth! Easy Pistachio Pudding Salad is a classic dessert salad recipe made with pudding mix, cottage cheese, whipped topping, crushed pineapple and colorful marshmallows. Quick & easy sweet fruit salad … Wow! Happy Spring everybody! Or a shrunken head. I am making that for Easter dinner…and I always make it for Thanksgiving and Christmas too. Oh, and I think there actually is something with an inkling of nutrition in marshmallows. Lots of people liked it. 2271 views. Stir well. WE even had a dedicated bowl for it, called “The Fruit Salad Bowl.” My brother has dibs on that bowl when Mom dies. But we used green grapes instead of the pineapple. 1 10 oz bag of marshmallow; 6 Tbsp. For Easter, use pastel colored mini marshmallows. Use pineapple tidbits, chunks or the crushed version; be sure to drain before adding to the classic ambrosia salad. Add salad dressing. Ingredients: 6 (buttermilk.. whip...) Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. We do Watergate salad, but leave out the cherries! I also like Waldorf Salad and I’m pretty sure they are in the same family of “what-the-what is that?!”. ~ karen. I made this dish for Easter dessert. This easy Marshmallow Fruit Salad is light, fluffy and on the menu for every holiday brunch or dinner. Cool Marshmallow Salad. Oh. We were really upper stuff because we also add a can of fruit cocktail and glued it together with half sour cream and the other half is…….WHIPPED TOPPING. (cute post. I think one of my dear friends lifted it from my cookbook collection a few years back. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving. What the?! But this, this looks horrible! An embarrassing, loud, colourfully dressed dish that you can’t help but love. Where is the “like” button for this string of conversation? Love it! You could probably do the same thing with chopped up Peeps. ~ karen. Caught ya lookin’!”. Marshmallow salad is also known as Ambrosia. Yeah. ~ karen, Oh man, I love that stuff! Totally full of fruit and folded with colored marshmallows, it rides the line with a traditional fruit salad with a bit of surprise in the banana pudding over the vanilla pudding… Apr 4, 2016 - 1 (10-1/2 oz) bag of Campfire® Mini Marshmallows (fruit) 1 can (11 oz) mandarin orange segments, drained 1 can (8 oz) pineapple chunks in juice, drained 1 medium banana, peeled and … But, hey, I am aware that that vast majority of people don’t eat food because it is healthy. I actually made s’mores with Peeps last night and I am not even kidding when I tell you that they were the most delicious s’mores I’ve ever tasted. You would NEVER those ingredients would make up anything even close to delicious but they’re a favourite of everyone who’s tried them. This is still a SALAD! “White Trash Salad” is a MUCH nicer name! So sue me. Love this salad! Drained fruit cocktail and Cool Whip. It kind of looks like cat vomit, to be honest. Weird no one ever made it except for holidays. Was your mom by any chance a United Church Lady? Brittany – Well … after that description can I just say “Yum!”. still a salad. THIS salad was on his list of must haves so like a good girlfriend I scoured the internet to find out what the heck it was he was talking about. I’m sure I have several of those “neighborhood” or “church” recipe books that were sold as fundraisers, with the recipe in it. Marshmallows totally gross me out. Overall I think it turned out to be a good St Patricks Day dish. Love your name for it! You see, for some reason we never serve Ambrosia as a dessert. We make it with whipped cream and pineapple chunks! It’s more of a have it on in the background kindda show. Are you from Utah? So funny how much white trash there can be at ones dinner table. Mindy – That made me laugh OUT LOUD. That’s what we called it too! Nice. The only food I will mix marshmallows with besides smore ingredients and rice krispies is yams. Overnight Salad, also known as Ambrosia, Twentyfour-Hour Salad, or “that salad with the little marshmallows”, has been a holiday tradition in my husband’s family for four generations. ~ karen. Remove and place on a wire rack to dry. ~ karen. I guess it’s to make up for the cool-whip. Your name is definitely going to come up at the dinner table this weekend! Can’t have it these days as it would play havoc with my glucose level. She actually calls it Fruit Salad. SO weird, but it’s our tradition. ( We do still always have lime/lemon Jello with grated carrots, and crushed pinapple.). It’s normally just fruit and vegetables. It was rather surprising, considering that I don’t even like them otherwise. Sometimes, though, you just gotta shake, shake, shake it up. We use a melted chocolate with peanut butter instead of White chocolate, we call it dog food, but I think the proper name is puppy chow. I figure since Easter is on its hippity hoppity way, I would share some of our favorite holiday dishes in the next few weeks, and this easy Marshmallow … Gently arrange... salad. Much to my delight, my husband absolutely LOVES the stuff, and requests it on occasion. In a large mixing bowl add thawed cool whip and sour cream and stir until combined. Taste of Home is America's #1 cooking magazine. Ha ha, so Georgia was where my mother went to learn to cook. This made me laugh out loud! Copyright © 2020 The Art of Doing Stuff. Told ya the coloured marshmallows gave it that added zip. For as long as that mushy thing in my skull  can remember, my family has served Marshmallow Salad at holiday dinners. It is now my job to smuggle it out of the house under the cover of ageing Tupperware, to all of our holiday dinners. It's looks as well as it taste. “Professor of Gross”, I almost had to go change clothes after than one. Just do. Oh and bananas. This has got to be the most hilarious post and RESPONSES of any I’ve read on your website. I top my gelatin salad with pretty pastel mini marshmallows to add color to holiday menus. I’d totally forgotten it existed. Of course then you’d have to call it Pretentious Salad. Wow, I’ve seen this at potlucks but never partake because I think shredded coconut is like having grass in my food. In my adult life I have made Ambrosia once and it was for dessert, I just don’t get it as a side dish? But we have ours with plain mini-marshmallows and without the maraschino cherries. We served it as a side dish. Wonder why? No idea why. Tess – DON’T LAY DOWN ON A PILLOW!!!!! Love the variety on your site, Happy Easter. 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