Well, It’s A Salad
ByThere are many things I love about summer. Sleeping in, sitting outside, going to the park…
and Strawberry Jello Pretzel Salad.
ZOMG, it’s frickin’ awesome. I distinctly remember the first time I ate this so-called salad. It was my niece’s birthday party, at my brother’s Mother-in-law’s house. We were outside, and I saw this concoction sitting in a pan. My sister-in-law told me to try it, it was awesome.
That, it was. I had never tried to make it. I would just go to summer graduations, birthday parties and what not, and basically hover over it, making sure I got two pieces. I was watching WQED a couple of weeks ago, and they were trying to get pledges. If you pledged 60 bucks, you got a cookbook about what Pittsburgh eats. Then, they made some recipes. One was a burnt almond torte (again, ZOMG! Soooooooooooooo good. One of our friends had a burnt almond torte wedding cake. I will forever remember that wedding because of the cake. Such an excellent idea). I was not about to venture into making a burnt almond torte. It looked super difficult. But, then they made Strawberry Jello Pretzel Salad. That didn’t look to bad.
So, last week I bought all the ingredients. But I didn’t get the motivation to make it until last night. Not difficult to make at all. I stuck it in the fridge to let the jello set. About 45 minutes later, I just couldn’t wait…I had to have a piece. I asked the girls if they wanted some. They absolutely refused to try something new. Fine. More for me.
All I can say is YUMMY! I had promised my one sister-in-law, Anita, that when I made it I would bring some to her. So, after I polished off THREE PIECES, I packed up four pieces for her. I think this is my new thing to bring to parties. Here’s the recipe from WQED’s website:
YUM!!!!!