Strawberry Nut Salad

Ingredients

• 1 (6 ounce) box strawberry Jell-O gelatin dessert
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen strawberries
• 28 ounces crushed pineapple (drained)
• 3 medium bananas (mashed)
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 1 pint sour cream (at room temperature)

Directions

1. 1

   Day (or about six hours) before:.

2. 2

   In large saucepan, combine jello with boiling water, stirring until dissolved. Fold in strawberries with juice, drained pineapple, bananas and nuts.

3. 3

   Pour 1/2 of mixture into 13x9" baking dish for 1st layer. Refrigerate until firm (about 90 minutes).

4. 4

   Spread top evenly with sour cream. Gently spoon on rest of strawberry mixture and refrigerate. For best results, keep refrigerated until serving.

5. 5

   When I was shopping for the ingredients for this dish I realized that you could probably use other combos of fruit and jello flavors - I think I'll experiment next time. It could also be made to fit any diet by using artificially sweetened fruit and low fat sour cream.