Bunny Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (3 ounce) package lime gelatin
2 cups water
6 pear halves
4 tablespoons cottage cheese
mayonnaise (use a good quality, such as Hellmann's)
1 tablespoon blanched almond, chopped
lettuce
24 almonds, blanched
paprika
parsley, for garnish
1 leaf lettuce

Preparation

Dissolve gelatin in warm water.
Pour into an 8\" x 8\" pan and chill until firm: shred with tines of a fork or force through a ricer to resemble grass.
For each salad, fill a pear half with cottage cheese mixed with mayonnaise and chopped almonds.
Place a piece of leaf lettuce on a chilled plate and top with gelatin \"grass\"; place pear half rounded side up on the gelatin.
Make bunny's ears, mouth and tail from almonds.
Make eyes by dipping the tip of a knife into paprika then gently into pear where you'd like the eyes to be.
If you wish to garnish, form a \"carrot\" from yellow cheese or cheese salad with a sprig of parsley for \"carrot greens\".
Serve with mayonnaise.