You can change the flavor of this whip salad easily.  It adds color to any meal or gathering.  Be creative and make it coordinate with your dinner theme.

Ingredients

1 small package of  Jell-O; sugar free ( I usually use lime, but cherry, orange, lemon any flavor will do)

1/4 Cup Sugar

1 Cup Boiling Water

3/4 Cup Cold Water

8 oz. Cool Whip

Directions

1.  Dissolve Jell-O Packet and sugar into boiling water.

2.  Add cold water to the above mixture and let setup in the refrigerator (3-4 hours).

3.  Add cool whip and mix/beat until well blended.

4.  Put back in refrigerator and continue to set for an additional couple of hours.

Going for a long bike ride, run or hike?  Be sure to include these homemade granola bars.  The recipe is  from the lid of a  Smucker’s Natural Peanut Butter jar.  We enjoy them so much and they are certainly better than any store bought brand and well the nutrition cannot be beat!

Ingredients

3 Cups Rice Crispy Cereal, slightly crushed

3 Cups Cheerios, slightly crushed

1 1/2 Cups Raisens or other dried fruit; cherries, cranberries

1/2 Cup Sunflower seeds

1 Cup Honey

3/4 Cup Sugar

1 (16oz) Jar Smucker’s Chunky Natural Peanut Butter

1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Non-Stick Cooking Spray

Directions

1. Combine cereal, raisins & sunflower seeds in a large bowl.

2.  Combine honey & sugar in saucepan and heat for 3-5 minutes until the mixture comes to a boil.  Boil for one minute.

3.  Add peanut butter and vanilla to warm mixture.  Pour over the cereal mixture until everything is coated.

4.  Press mixture into a greased 15x10x1 inch pan (cookie sheet).  I put a plastic baggie on my hand to press the mixture firmly into the coroners.  Cut granola bars into rectangles and wrap in press-n-seal.