Well, It’s A Salad

There 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!!!!!