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Awesome Recipes Using Cool Whip – Perfect For Summer!

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June 10 by Cassie 7 Comments

Well, we hope you enjoy these fun summer recipes especially as we will see many Cool Whip sales coming in the next few months to give for good stock-up opportunities because we are so excited about this next post! It is a guest post from Audrey, contributor to Tight Wad In Utah.  We have already tried the Chicken Salad Sandwiches – which has always been a favorite and common meal in our house. Except this time we tried the recipe below instead of our usual and LOVED IT! So it is probably now going to be our “new” usual.  We are looking forward to trying the rest of the recipes! Bon Appetit!

Hi!  My name is Audrey with Tight Wad in Utah.  I’ve been couponing for awhile now and have become addicted!  I’m sure anyone who’s walked out of a store feeling like you were just paid to shop knows what I mean.  Luckily this addiction helps my family and my food storage efforts.  In the past I’ve not done a deal because I didn’t know what to do with a certain product (especially when some deals require that you buy a lot).  So I started matching recipes with coupons and deals.

1. Chicken Salad Sandwiches


This is my favorite Chicken Salad recipe from the Lion House Entertaining Cookbook.  Awesome cookbook!!  I’m not much of an entertainer so this helps me 🙂

2 cups shredded chicken (or cubed)
3/4 c diced celery
1/4 t salt
1 c grapes (I used diced apples)
4 ounces cashews (I used chopped almonds)
1 16 ounce can of chunk or crushed pineapple, drained
1 c whipped topping (Cool Whip)
1/2 c mayonnaise
1 t lemon juice
12 6-inch pita breads, halved (I used sandwich thins)

Combine chicken, celery, salt, grapes, pineapple and nuts in a bowl.  In smaller bowl mix Cool Whip, mayonnaise, and lemon juice.  Mix altogether and spoon into bread.

I’ve tried many chicken salad recipes and this is the only one that sticks around, plus most of the ingredients we always have in the house…except for the whipped topping……until now 🙂

2.  Sunburst Salad

Here is a GREAT cool whip recipe! (Believe me, I get rave reviews on this every time I make it) 🙂
And, it’s SUPER easy!!

1 large pkg Orange jello
1 large pkg Lemon pudding (regular, NOT instant)
1 8 oz cool whip

Make both jello and pudding as directed on each package, except decrease the amount of water in each by 1/4 cup.  After both are made, stir them together.  Refrigerate till set.  Top with cool whip and serve.

3.  No-Cook Banana Pudding

It’s not really banana pudding, it’s more like vanilla pudding with fresh bananas.  So YUM!

In the recipe you’ll notice it calls for Vanilla Wafer Cookies.  I didn’t have any of those, but I had Keebler Sandies from a sale awhile ago (.49!).  The only other changes I made were using fat free sour cream, lite Cool Whip, and skim milk.

I put one row of cookies in a bag, rolled them with a rolling pin, then layered it in a glass dish:  cookies, pudding, bananas
I did 3 layers.

This is a sure crowd pleaser!  And without the cookie it’s pretty low cal. 🙂

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  1. mistie

    try this one…been maken it for years in my family
    its called cucumber salad

    2 packets lime jello the big ones
    2 large cucumbers sliced or diced
    half cup mayo
    half cup sour cream
    and a whole large container of whipped cream

    set the cucumber and lime jello in fridge over night
    then mix all the other ingredients together. its very tasty yes od ingredients but oh so good..

    hint hint change the flavor and do berries instead …

    Reply
    • thriftycas

      Wow Mistie, that sounds awesome! That goes on our list too! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • mistie

        your welcome

        Reply
  2. kim moody

    You gave us the recipe for banana pudding, but in the directions you mentioned sour cream and cool whip & pudding, but you didn’t say how much of each or the size! How much are we supposed to use?

    Thanks

    Reply
    • thriftycas

      Hi Kim, There is a link on the post to the recipe for this dish, but here are the ingredients and sizes:

      * 8 ounces sour cream
      * 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
      * 1 (5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
      * 2 cups whole milk
      * 1 (16 ounce) package vanilla wafer cookies
      * 4 bananas, peeled and sliced

      Also, see the link here that Audrey used; http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Uncooked-Banana-Pudding/Detail.aspx

      Thanks!
      Cassie

      Reply

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