Pistachio Pudding Salad

This is the fastest salad you will ever put together.  It works out perfectly when you're short on time and goes well at a pot luck.  I usually double mine for a pot luck dish because we often have large extended family get togethers.  I personally love leafy green salads, but my husband loves this one.

Pistachio Pudding Salad

1 large can crushed pineapple

1 small box instant pistachio pudding

3 cups marshmallows

1  8-oz whipped topping

Combine pineapple and pudding and wisk together until blended.  Stir in marshmallows and whipped topping.  Chill.

Fruit in a Cloud

This salad is a crowd pleaser and most often it's the first bowl emptied at get togethers.  The recipe comes from my husband's family.  It's so fresh, yet sweet and creamy it almost doubles as a dessert!

 While I'm sure you could do many variations on this salad, my tried and true fruits are: strawberries, bananas, kiwi, and peaches.  I use canned peaches and pat them with a paper towel so they don't make the salad runny.  The secret ingredient I've added to the faves is huckleberries.  But I realize most of you don't have access to those, so they weren't included in my original fruit pic.

Start by combining the yogurt with the dry pudding mix.  Blend with a hand mixer for a minute or so until pudding is dissolved.  Stir the cool whip into the yogurt mixture.  Then toss in fresh fruit.

 

 Gently fold fruit into "cloud" mixture.  Serve immediately or you can chill for an hour or two. 

Fruit in a Cloud

1 large carton vanilla yogurt

1 large box vanilla pudding mix

1 8-oz cool whip

1 lb strawberries

2 bananas

2 kiwi

1 peach

Beat yogurt and dry pudding mix together for 1 minute.  Stir in cool whip.  Cut up all fruit into bite size pieces, then fold into yogurt mixture.  Serve immediately or you can chill and serve later.