Creamy Molded Vegetable Salad

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups cold water
• 2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin (2 pkg)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup vinegar
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 1/2 cups salad dressing or 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
• yellow food coloring or green food coloring (optional)
• 1 cup shredded cabbage
• 2 medium carrots, shredded
• 1 stalk celery, sliced
• 1 green pepper
• lettuce leaf

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over 1/2 cup of the cold water; stir over low heat until gelatin is dissolved; add sugar, salt, remaining 1 1/2 cups water and lemon juice; stir until sugar is dissolved.
• 2 remove from heat, add salad dressing and food coloring (if using), stir until well blended; stir in cabbage, carrots and celery.
• 3 cut part of the green pepper into rings and reserve for later use.
• 4 chop remaining green pepper and stir into salad.
• 5 pour into an oiled 6-cup mold; refrigerate until firm, about 4 hours.
• 6 to serve, unmold onto lettuce leaves and garnish with green pepper rings.