Long Time Summer

Wow!  It's been since June 16th that I last posted???  Time flies during the summer, doesn't it?  There has been so much going on that I just haven't taken the time to sit down and blog a thing!  But don't worry, in that time, I have come up with some really great recipes to share.  I went camping and there will definitely be some camping recipes coming up, but first I'm going to share this recipe that I just made this morning for our family gathering tonight.

First off, let me say, what in the WORLD was I thinking telling my sister that I would make a salad for tonight???  I don't usually even eat the salads, let alone make them or make them well!  I have just a few tried and true salad recipes that I'm not sure I would really deem salads-they are more like desserts but called salads just so you can get dessert afterwards, too! :)  That's the arsenal I went for today.  I knew it was going to be hot today and I really didn't want to turn on my oven either, so that left me with one choice-Aunt Carol's Frozen Salad.  See how I added that "Salad" at the end?  That makes it okay to have the homemade New York Cheesecake with Rhubarb Sauce that my sister said she was also making after supper!

Aunt Carol's Frozen Salad


1 carton whipped topping
1 can cherry pie filling (I put mine in the food processor and chop it all up)
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup lemon juice
little bit of almond flavoring for taste


Mix it all up and place in a square pan.  Freeze well.

I have this Tupperware container that is like 6 x 8 or something really odd like that and I have absolutely nothing to put in it ever, so several years ago it was dubbed the Aunt Carol's Frozen Salad pan.

Now how did I come up with this recipe.  That is a really good question, because for the life of me, I do not remember eating this when we visited Aunt Carol and Uncle Don, but I was young then and WAY more interested in the Dairy Queen they ran instead of the salads that Aunt Carol made!

Enjoy this perfect summer SALAD fare!