Low-cal Strawberry Banana Salad

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (3 ounce) box sugar-free strawberry gelatin or 1 (3 ounce) box sugar-free strawberry banana flavor gelatin
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, in it's own juice
• 1 (8 ounce) carton fat-free cottage cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) carton whipped topping (fat-free)
• 2 ripe bananas, sliced and tossed with diluted lemon juice
• 1/2 cup of chopped pecans (optional) or 1/2 cup walnuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 put pineapple, juice and all, into a small saucepan.
• 2 bring to a boil over medium heat.
• 3 take off stove and stir in the dry gelatin mix.
• 4 put this mixture into a larger bowl and when cooled somewhat, place into.
• 5 the fridge for 40 minutes or longer. do not allow it to jell completely.
• 6 drain the bananas and fold into the gelatin.
• 7 then add the nuts (if desired), cottage cheese, and the whip topping. fold.
• 8 all these ingredients together until throughly mixed.
• 9 cover, and return to the fridge for several hours.