Just like grandmama used to make.

This lime gelatin salad offers everything people adore (or cannot abide) about over-the-topcongealed salads.

That just means there’s more for the rest of us.

Lime Gelatin and Cottage Cheese Salad

Credit:Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox

Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox

Ingredients

1(6-oz.)

package lime gelatin

1(6-oz.)

package lemon gelatin

1 1/2cupsboiling water

1 1/2cupsice water

1cupwell-drained crushed pineapple

2cupscottage cheese

1cupmayonnaise

1(14-oz.)

Add ice water, and stir until ice melts and gelatin mixture cools.

Cover and chill 45 minutes or until slightly set.

The mixture should be the consistency of uncooked egg whites.

Pour into mold, if desired.

Cover and chill overnight.