CRANBERRY CELEBRATION SALAD RECIPE
This Cranberry Celebration Salad is a copycat version of Kroger’s recipe. It’s super easy and a great addition to any holiday meal.
If you love this salad you may want to try out Easy Cranberry Salad. It’s only 3 ingredients and has wonderful reviews.
❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
This recipe is really easy to make and only a handful of ingredients. I know people that wait for this to come out every year so its nice to be able to make your own. Plus you can make this a day in advance and it’s still great. A little goes a long way and it’s wonderful with turkey!
SWAPS & ADDITIONS
You can add maraschino cherries to this and some people add celery. Others have used pecans instead of walnuts. Someone commented they added mandarin oranges. You can easily double this recipe for a larger gathering. I have not tried freezing this but I think it would be fine. I also think you could easily add real cranberries to the boiling mixture.
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Cranberry Celebration Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (15 ounce) can of crushed pineapple
- 1 (15 ounce) can of cranberry sauce with whole cranberries
- ½ cup cranberry juice
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 oz package of Cherry JELL-O gelatin
- ½ cup walnuts chopped fine
Instructions
- Drain the pineapple and reserve juice. There won’t be hardly any juice, so don’t be alarmed. Place pineapple juice, cranberry juice, and lemon juice in a pot on the stove. Bring it to a quick boil, stirring the entire time so it doesn’t burn.
- Then add in the jello, and continue stirring. Next, add in the cranberry sauce and continue stirring until it is mixed well.
- Put into a mixing bowl and place in the refrigerator for about 1.5 hours or until it starts to set up.
- Then add walnuts and pineapple. Stir well. Place back in the refrigerator to set up. This will not set up like jello, but it will harden some. You’ll want to stir it before serving
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Do you think I can use homemade cranberry sauce instead of the canned one? I bought a whole bag of cranberries and idk what to do with them. A coworker brought this recipe to work and I loved them. Wdyt?
I think you could do that!
My parents were kids during the depression. Tough times for everyone. They made sure every item had additional uses. Cranberry sauce was served with the turkey. Like thick jam for dipping turkey in. Delish.
Omg , this is delish. I make it all the time, no holidays required!! Lol.. only change is I just add pecans instead of walnuts
Omg this is delish!! I just didn’t have cranberry juice, but did have cherry juice. This will be on my to make list for Thanksgiving and Christmas from now on!!
I bet it was fabulous with cherry juice! Glad it was a hit!!
Has anyone tried using sugar-free jello?
I use SF jello in all my recipes including a similar cranberry salad recipe. No one notices the difference. Might be slightly less jelled than the sugared version.
This is better than Kroger’s recipe! I made it for our friends Thanksgiving yesterday and we all loved it! Making it again for Thursday! I love your recipes and just ordered your magazine!
Yay!! So glad it was such a hit and thank you so much for supporting our magazine. Happy Thanksgiving!
I just did a trial run of this dish for Thanksgiving. It’s soooo good. I can’t wait to serve it for the holidays. Thank you ladies!