Quick Cottage Cheese Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (12 oz.) carton cottage cheese
1 small pkg. lime jello
1 small can pineapple, crushed or tidbits, drained
pecans
1/2 (8 oz.) carton Cool Whip

Preparation

Stir dry jello into cottage cheese.
Add pineapple and pecans and fold in Cool Whip.
If orange pineapple jello used, add Mandarin oranges along with the pineapple and nuts.
A few drops of yellow and red food coloring make a prettier orange.
Recipe doubles nicely.
(Best if made 3 to 4 hours ahead.)