Orange Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (3 oz.) pkg. orange Jell-O
1 c. hot water
1 c. Mandarin oranges, drained (reserve liquid), cut into small pieces
1 pt. orange sherbet
lettuce leaves, washed and dried
small mint leaves (optional)
Cool Whip (optional)

Preparation

Dissolve Jell-O in hot water and add reserved orange liquid; stir in sherbet and chill until thickened.
Add orange pieces and chill until congealed; cut into squares.
To serve, place Orange Salad squares on lettuce leaves in individual salad plates; top each with a spoonful of Cool Whip and garnish with a mint leaf.