Fruit Salads

Jell-O Fluff
1 large box jell-o, any flavor
1 large container cottage cheese
1 large container cool whip, thawed

Stir jell-o powder into cottage cheese till well combined. Fold in cool whip. Cover and let sit at least an hour for gelatin to dissolve. Serve.

Pear Jell-O Salad

2 cans pears
1 8 oz. block cream cheese
1 large box peach jell-o
1 12 oz. container  cool whip, thawed

In a saucepan, boil the juice from both pear cans; stir in the jell-o until dissolved. Puree cream cheese and pears (from the cans) in a food processor or blender until smooth. Combine with the jell-o mixture. Fold in the cool whip and chill several hours before serving.

Tammy's Mello Jell-O
1 large orange or peach jell-o
1 large box non-instant lemon pudding
1 small box instant lemon pudding
1 cup milk
1 small container  cool whip, thawed

Prepare jell-o according to package directions. Cook pudding according to package directions; stir jell-o and pudding mixtures together. Pour into a 9x13 pan then chill 4 hours or overnight. Just before serving, mix pudding with milk; fold in cool whip. Spread over jell-o.

Grandma Blakesley's Fruit Salad Dressing
If you like fruit salad (or which I'm not a big fan) you will like this for sure . . . and it uses the juice from the cans of fruit. Very nice.

1 can pineapple, with juice
1 can mandarin oranges, with juice
2 large apples, peeled, cored and diced
2 bunch grapes
1-2 bananas sliced 
4 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon lemon or lime juice

Pour juice from pineapple and mandarin oranges into a small saucepan. Place the  drained fruit into a large bowl, along with the other cut up fresh fruit. Add the cornstarch, sugar and lemon or lime juice into the pan. Whisk, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens. Pour over fruit and stir. Chill.