Frosted Cranberry Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (13 1/2 oz.) can crushed pineapple
2 (3 oz.) pkg. lemon jello
1 (7 oz.) bottle ginger ale
1 can cranberry sauce
1 (2 oz.) pkg. Dream Whip, make per instructions on box
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Drain pineapple.
Reserve juice and make up to one cup with water.
Heat to boiling; dissolve jello in hot liquid.
Gently stir in ginger ale; chill until partially set.
Mix pineapple and the cranberry sauce; fold into jello.
Turn into 9 x 9 x 2-inch dish and chill until firm.
Mix cream cheese and whipped topping; spread over jello and sprinkle nuts on top.