Pull on an old-school “Kiss the Cook” apron and break out the Cool Whip, crushed pineapple, lime Jell-O and mini marshmallows. It’s time to make some retro salads, and we’ve got seven vintage recipes ...

Are you on the lookout for an easy-to-make vintage side dish that is fresh and tasty? You can't go wrong with this Orange Fluff Salad with cottage cheese and pineapple. Not quite a dessert and not ...

Amazing Cool Whip Recipes, including cakes, pies, dessert salads, and so much more! These easy Cool Whip Desserts and salads ...

I grew up in an era when gelatin salads were considered, nutritionally speaking, the moral equivalent of vegetable salads, served with pride in place of fresh greens — though my grandmother would ...

WGN Morning News’ Robin Baumgarten is trying her hand at cooking once again — and whips up a retro recipe for Circus Peanut Jello Salad. To begin, cut candies into small pieces and place them in a ...

When it came time to plan the menu for my grandma's 90th birthday, I went a little overboard. I prepped elaborate dishes that reminded us of her: vanilla cake, chocolate cake, and an old-school ...

My now ex-husband met his first ambrosia salad at a buffet in Aberdeen, Mississippi, after Sunday school at my grandparent’s church. He’d grown up in Virginia and Florida, two states that can be—but ...

Whisk the vanilla pudding mix, strawberry Jello mix, and water together in a medium saucepan and place over medium heat, and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and pour it into a large mixing bowl ...

The winter holidays are here, which for many means a bounty of joy, gratitude and, at least for a couple decades there in the mid-1900s, a frightening volume of gelatin. A succulent spiral ham. A ...