Strawberry Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 box strawberry or mixed berry jello
1 can 7UP or Sprite
4 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tub Cool Whip
1 pint fresh strawberries
3/4 cup sugar-optional
1 graham cracker crust (if homemade: 1 package graham crackers and 1/2 stick margarine, melted, combined and pressed into pie plate)

Preparation

Combine cornstarch, sprite and sugar in saucepan.
Cook over low heat until thickened.
It will look like a clear white mix. Remove from stove.
Mix in Jell-O.
Cut strawberries (leave a few for the top), add to mixture.
Pour into pie crust and refrigerate until mixture sets up about 1 hour.
Top with whip cream and a few pieces of strawberries.