Pineapple Cheese Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large can crushed pineapple
2 envelopes nonflavored gelatin
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
3/4 c. sugar
juice of 1 lemon
1 c. chopped nuts
1 large carton Cool Whip

Preparation

Drain juice from pineapple and add sugar into a saucepan.
Heat until sugar is dissolved.
Cut up cream cheese into small pieces and add to pineapple juice mixture.
Dissolve gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water and add to syrup mixture.
Add pineapple, lemon juice and chopped nuts (optional).
Red and/or green cherries can be added for color.
Fold mixture into Cool Whip.
Chill in refrigerator at least 12 hours.