Living Light Christmas Recipes
Festive Cranberry Pineapple Salad
This is one of my all-time favorite Christmas salads. I grew up loving this one as a child. Mom used to make it high fat. I love it low fat, and it is every bit as good. 

12

 ounces fresh cranberries

1

 20-ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
2 cups miniature marshmallows 1 8-ounce carton fat-free whipped topping, thawed
1/2 cup Splenda granular (or 1/2 cup sugar) 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Process the cranberries in a food processor for 1 minute.
Pour the purée into a large bowl.
Stir in the pineapple, marshmallows, whipped topping, Splenda, and walnuts.
Chill in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours. (The longer it chills, the better it tastes.)
Yield: 14 (1/2-cup) servings
(with Splenda) Calories: 75; Fat: 0g (0% fat); Cholesterol: 0mg; Carbohydrate: 17g; Dietary Fiber: 1g; Protein: 0g; Sodium: 13mg
(with sugar) Calories: 100; Fat: 0g (0% fat); Cholesterol: 0mg; Carbohydrate: 24g; Dietary Fiber: 1g; Protein: 0g; Sodium: 13mg
 
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Menu idea: For a terrific Christmas menu, serve this salad with Christmas Punch (page 262), Creamed Green Geans (page 111), Sensational Sweet Potato Casserole (page 123), all from Busy People's Low-Fat Cookbook, and Pork Holiday Barbeque (page 132), from Busy People's Slow Cooker Cookbook.
Orange Cranberry Jell-O Salad
The rosy color of this dish looks so pretty for the holidays.

1

 cup boiling water

1

 small box sugar-free orange gelatin
1 (16-ounce) can jellied cranberry sauce 1 (4-ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained

Add the boiling water to the gelatin in a medium bowl and stir for 2 minutes.
Add the cranberry sauce and stir until dissolved.
Stir the oranges into the gelatin mixture.
Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
Serve chilled.
Yield: 7 1/(2-cup) servings
Calories: 110; Fat: 0g (0% fat); Cholesterol: 0mg; Carbohydrate: 27g; Dietary Fiber: 1g; Protein: 1g; Sodium: 50mg

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Menu idea: This side dish complements well the Turkey Casserole (page 180) and the Cucumber Dill Salad (page 90), both from  Busy People's Low-Fat Cookbook.

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if we don't even use the ones we have?