CONTEST SALAD: Cranberry, Walnut, Coca Cola Mold

CRANBERRY-WALNUT COLA MOLD
Adapted by BumbleBeeBoogie

1 cup boiling water
1 6-ounce package cranberry, strawberry or cherry gelatin
1 16-ounce can whole or jellied cranberry sauce
1 20-ounce can crushed pineapple in natural juice
1/2 cup celery, finely chopped
1 cup classic coca cola
½ cup raw walnuts, chopped
Salad greens

Lightly spray a jello mold with vegetable spray.

In a large bowl, stir the boiling water into the gelatin until dissolved completely.

Break the cranberry sauce apart into small pieces and stir into the gelatin. Stir and mix until cranberry pieces are dissolved. Refrigerate until gelatin begins to set. Then stir in pineapple with juice, chopped celery, cola and walnuts. Ladle the gelatin mixture into the mold. Refrigerate until the gelatin is firmly set.

At serving time, run small knife around sides of mold to loosen. Place mold in shallow bowl filled with enough hot water to come half way up sides of mold for 20 seconds. Invert the mold on a layer of salad greens on a serving platter. Serve chilled. Makes 8-10 servings.