Furr’s Lime Jello Salad is a popular and favorite dish at the buffet restaurant. The addition of cottage cheese and pecans make for a fine lime gelatin salad. This isn’t too sweet and is a perfect side dish for a meal.
Lime Delight Jello Salad
Growing up, Jello salads were always served on special occasions. When dining at Furr’s Cafeteria, we had the opportunity to enjoy some of those wonderful classic dishes that we could only enjoy on special occasions.
Jello salad was one of those dishes that we all would gravitate towards. Lime is the most popular flavor. It’s tart, sweet, and pretty too! A delight for the eyes and the tastebuds.
Recipe Ingredients
This lime gelatin salad is made with a few simple ingredients. Chances are you already have everything on hand to make this delightful salad. Here’s a list of what you need:
- Jello lime gelatin
- Water
- Canned crushed pineapple
- Small curd cottage cheese
- Cool Whip whipped topping
- Pecans
How to Make Lime Jello Salad
If you have never made a Jello salad, you will find that they are very easy to make. This recipe is great for a beginner cook.
Here are the recipe steps:
- Combine gelatin and hot water in a large mixing bowl.
- Stir until the gelatin is dissolved.
- Add cold water and stir to combine.
- Add crushed pineapple, cottage cheese, and Cool Whip.
- Stir until smooth and blended with no large whipped topping lumps.
- Pour the Jello mixture into a 9 x 13-inch pan.
- Sprinkle pecans on top.
- Refrigerate for several hours or until set.
If you haven’t tried this creamy sweet lime green Jello salad you are missing out on a real treat. You don’t have to enjoy this one for special occasions you can make it any night of the week.
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Furr’s Lime Jello Salad
Ingredients
- 6 ounces Jello lime gelatin 2 small boxes
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 cup cold water
- 20 ounces canned crushed pineapple drained
- 16 ounces small curd cottage cheese
- 8 ounces Cool whip whipped topping
- 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
Instructions
- Place the lime gelatin in a large mixing bowl.
- Add 2 cups of boiling water and stir until the gelatin is dissolved.
- Add 1 cup cold water into mixture and stir to combine.
- Add drained crushed pineapple, cottage cheese, and Cool Whip whipped topping.
- Stir mixture until the mixture is smooth and blended. There should be no large lumps of the whipped topping.
- Pour the mixture into a 9 x 13-inch pan.
- Sprinkle chopped pecans on top.
- Refrigerate until set.
Jaky Broussard
I worked for Furr’s in the mid 80’s and even trained a salad department for an opening in California. While I don’t remember exact quantities, I am positive the ingredients include lime jello, water, crushed pineapple, mayonnaise, evaporated milk, cottage cheese and pecans. There is no whipped topping in Furr’s recipe. This was my absolute favorite thing to eat at Furr’s!
Rebel
I was a salad backer at Furrs Cafeteria in the late 70 and early 80s. This would be called Lime Delight.
I don’t recall whipped cream for some reason???
Rosie
Theres is a salad at Furr’s that I want to make but not sure what its in there ☹️ it’s green too but for the taste, seems like imitation crab. All the ingredients are white and green. Any change someone knows what it is?
Stephanie
I am not sure what this might be. Is this an imitation crab salad?
sharron
have used this for years I add1/4 cup grated cheese and 1 cup carrots making this about 3weight watcerpoins sharron
Michael Pringle
My family makes a version of this for special occasions such as Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Differences: Pistachio pudding powder only(6 oz box), no water, use the “cool whip” or the store brand of it and very, very well drained pineapple and the cottage cheese for any needed liquid. They used to call it “green stuff” but when the Grandma made once with a strawberry or cherry jello, still with no extra water, and it becomes a pink color, so when the grandkids saw this, they called it “pink green stuff” or sometimes it would be “green pink stuff”. This is a thick mixture and goes well with any meal. It does taste good. Give it a try and see. I dare you!
MAry
Michael Pringle
Please post the recipe, I love the pistachio salad and have been looking for it. I remember eating it at lubbys when I was a kid. Thank you
zaul
so its 6oz of Lime Gelatin
Mary
Add mashed pears and use pear juice in with the water
Mary
You can add mashed pears in with the pineapple & use the pear juice as part of the liquid.
Georgia
I make this, jello water can pineapple with juice and 2 tbsp. Sugar , boil 1 minute, chill til jelled add cottage cheese ,cool whip and chopped walnuts, comes out perfect every time!
Daisy Rose
Mama’s Green Christmas Salad was similar, but she used 16 oz. cream cheese (mixed with jello water) in place of cottage cheese. Let jello cheese cheese mixture partially set (chilling in fridge). Then gently folded in pineapple, drained. Cover top with miniature marshmallows and chopped pecans. Back to fridge to solidify overnight. She always insisted we had at least one ‘green’ vegetable with dinner, be it beans, peas, greens, or salad. We kids called this our ‘greens’ and ‘salad’ and would ‘convince’ Mama we were being doubly good, because of Christmas. Yeah, Mama knew, even though she tried to act ‘put-out’ with us. Remember…she made it for us, made sure it was ‘green’ and called it ‘salad’… {]:< ] ~
Alphaomega828
If you follow the recipe and DRAIN the pineapple, you will have no problem.
Anonymous
You can not use pineapple juice and jello together. Pineapple juice prevents jello from setting up.
Nshargis
I used the pineapple juice as part of the 1 cup cold water and it did not gel. Also I think maybe it would gel better if jello was chilled a little before adding the remaining ingredients.
glo
it’s missing the mayo
Rae
You can use mayo in place of the whipped topping. Healthier if you use a healthy many.
Festus
Hell no to the mayonnaise.
That is too dam hillbilly
Luanne
you Ive been trying to find this receipe for a long time. everyone thought it was Waldorf salad
Michael Pringle
I believe Waldorf salad has coconut flakes and miniature marshmellows in it as well. Sometimes the Pecans are changed to Walnuts in this salad. Some people like it this way. Personally I do not knowingly eat anything with big chunks of Walnuts in it as they are disgusting, again to me. I know others like Walnuts, but to each their own.