“I KNOW HOW TO BOIL WATER; I JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S DONE": Graham Cracker/Jello Dessert Squares

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Graham Cracker/Jello Dessert Squares

1 box of Graham Crackers
1 small box lime jello
1 small box strawberry jello
1 jar of applesauce (25 oz.)
1 small container of Cool Whip, thawed

Put half of the applesauce into 2 small bowls each.
Stir the lime jello into 1st bowl and the strawberry into the 2nd bowl thoroughly.
Take a 13" X 9" pan and line the bottom with graham crackers.
***Spread half of the lime mixture evenly over top of graham cracker layer.
Now add another layer of graham crackers over the lime mixture.
Spread strawberry mixture over this layer of graham crackers.
Once again add another layer of graham crackers over the strawberry mixture.
Repeat from *** with remaining jello mixtures and end with the layer of graham crackers.
Top the entire top with the Cool Whip.
Cover with lid, foil or plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight, or at least 4 hours, so the crackers have time to soften.
This is sooo easy....soooo colorful and soooo delicious! Don't have to make only at Christmas---I like to make it in the Summer using lime and orange jello, for a citrus Summertime treat!!
Decorate a 2" X 2" square with a thin slice of orange or lemon. Oh so refreshing!!!

Enjoy! Élvez! Piacere! Gustirati! Radosť

NOTE: It's a good idea to buy two boxes of graham crackers.Boxes of graham crackers seem to have gotten smaller. If you do run out, that's okay...just cover until you run out and the cool whip will cover the exposed jello mixture. The person getting that slice/square will just get a shorter stack of cake----that would be ME!!! ha-ha

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Beginnings

It was tradition in my family that soup was served almost every Sunday. There were only a handful of Sundays where soup wasn't part of the menu. On those days, we probably took a trip to Rivesville, West Virginia to visit with my Grandma, who usually had her own pot of soup on, and homemade bread to sink our teeth into. Sundays started with Mass, and after returning home, we would have breakfast. One of my favorite morning dishes was palachintas (yum). Mom would already have soup on the stovetop, and between noon and 2 o'clock it was time for the "soup feast." You could tell time at our house by the Sunday meal plan. A lot of them were based on the time of the football game, or other sporting event. Soup was always served as the noon time meal, followed by a hearty meatloaf, roast beef, stuffed cabbage, chicken paprikas, or the like, at suppertime (usually around 4 o’clock). It seemed like all we did on Sunday was eat and relax. You would wonder how you could be hungry for supper at 4 or 5 o’clock. Amazingly, you were. There were times I would remember that if there wasn’t enough roast beef to make you content, Mom would give you a slice of bread on your plate and cover it with gravy (Gravy Bread). What an added feast we thought we were getting. Little did we know, there probably wasn't enough meat for seconds, and who cared, because there was always plenty of gravy for that "oh so special" Gravy Bread. I really don’t remember a lot of desserts. I know we probably had them from time to time, but even if there were, I don’t know how one would find, or want to find, the room to fit it in. Well, all this talk is making me hungry. Go turn on the water and let’s get started!

Dedication

I dedicate this website to the 4 best cooks I know: My mother, who nourished me from the day of my first breath, both physically and spiritually; my mother-in-law, introducing me to her family favorites and customs; my husband’s grandmother, who had a unique, physical and verbal way of teaching me all her different techniques, to pass on traditional dishes; and last, and foremost, my heavenly mother, Mary, who is always by my side guiding me with spiritual intervention every step, and ingredient, of the way. It is with a deep love of my heritage that I also dedicate this collection of recipes to all the cooks who are just starting out and continuing the tradition of using recipes that are "family recipes." I hope that this website will serve to preserve some of my "family recipes" and to kindle an interest in traditional cooking among the younger families in a not always traditional way.

Enjoy!
With much love, Beve