Cream Salad!

I know it's a little last minute but I did want to share one of our family holiday traditions! Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, we always have... Cream Salad!
I know there are a million different variations of this, but this one is the one we've used since as long as I can remember. I'm sure my grandmother clipped it from a magazine or something at some point but I couldn't tell you where she got it. It's super simple, super yummy, and super awesome!

Cream Salad

What you'll need
1 pint container of heavy whipping cream
2 packages cream cheese softened
1 or 2 jars maraschino cherries Depends on how much you love cherries
1 can of crushed pineapple
1 bag of mini marshmallows

That's it!

So what you'll want to do first is drain your cherries, but save the juice in a bowl and set it aside. Drain the crushed pineapple too but you don't have to keep that juice.

In a medium bowl pour your whipping cream and whip that cream with an electric mixer until it is whipped into submission! It will have the consistency of soft whipped butter, slightly thicker then whipped cream you buy in the store. It'll take you like 10 minutes. Literally. Pop it in the fridge until you need it.

Your cream will look like this

In a large bowl, whip up your cream cheese. You just want it mixed a bit so it's creamy.

Then add the cherry juice, a little bit at a time, and whip until it's pink and creamy.

Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese until it is all mixed up. Although I get lazy and just stir it up instead of folding it, it all works the same. Don't over stir though, your whipped cream will start to separate if you go too crazy on it.

Add your remaining ingredients, if you want smaller cherry pieces you can cut them in half or quarters, we used to do that but we stopped because it's ridiculous unless you have small children. Throw the cherries, pineapple, and marshmallows in and fold all of this until it's all mixed up and awesome.

That's it! Now you can sit back and love yourself a bit more because you made something so delicious and it took you like 20 minutes!

 

YUM!

As always,
Enjoy!

 

 

I hope you all have a lovely Thanksgiving!
and if you don't celebrate, then have a fantastic Thursday!