How to Make a Vegetable Congealed Salad With Both Regular and Diabetic Instructions

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This recipe makes a refreshing, very pretty, and tasty Vegetable Congealed Salad. This recipe is easy and make a perfect salad to serve at lunch or dinner with family or friends. This salad is also good for office lunches, church dinners, potlucks, brunch, etc. This vegetable salad is pretty whether you choose to make it in a large mold or in eight individual molds. The individual molds works great for a buffet-style meal. When serving individual salads, line eight salad plates with a nice lettuce leaf and unmold the salads onto the center of the leaves. If you aren't worried about serving sugar and have no diabetics among your family or friends, you can serve this as a regular salad by using regular lime flavored gelatin. This salad makes a pretty salad for holiday tables and buffets.

VEGETABLE CONGEALED SALAD

1 pkg (.6-oz) sugar-free lime flavored gelatin*

2 cups boiling water

1 3/4 cups cold water

1/4 cup cider vinegar

1 cup chopped celery

1 cup shredded carrot

2 tbsp chopped sweet red pepper

2 tbsp chopped green onion

vegetable oil cooking spray

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water in a medium-size bowl. Stir until all the gelatin is dissolved. Stir in cold water and vinegar. Chill until mixture is the consistency of unbeaten egg white. Fold in the celery, carrot, red pepper and green onion. Pour the gelatin mixture into a mold that has been lightly sprayed with the vegetable oil spray. Chill until firm.

Note: Pour mixture into 8 2/3-cup sized molds that have been sprayed with the vegetable oil, if desired.

*You can make this recipe with regular gelatin if you aren't worried about serving sugar.

Enjoy!