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Momma’s Watergate Salad Recipe

April 15, 2013 by Lisa Pinney

 
This is Mom’s favorite side salad to make!  
It certainly tastes more like a dessert than a salad–
but always a light and delicious accompaniment to any meal 🙂



Mama’s Watergate Salad
 
1 pkg. instant pistachio pudding & pie filling mix
1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple, undrained
2 cups  miniature marshmallows
1/2 c. pecans, chopped (optional)
1 (8 oz.) carton Cool Whip
Pour dry pudding mix over undrained pineapple and mix. 
Add marshmallows and nuts. 
Slowly fold in softened Cool Whip. 

Refrigerate 3 to 4 hours before serving. 


The delicious ingredients…

 

 

 Pour the pineapple into a bowl…



 Add the pudding…

Stir well…

 Add the marshmallows next…

 Fold in the cool whip…

 Easy, delicious & beautiful!! 

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Momma’s Watergate Salad Recipe

  • Author: Lisa Pinney

Ingredients

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1 pkg. instant pistachio pudding & pie filling mix
1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple, undrained
2 cups  miniature marshmallows
1/2 c. pecans, chopped (optional)
1 (8 oz.) carton Cool Whip

Instructions

Pour dry pudding mix over undrained pineapple and mix.
Add marshmallows and nuts.
Slowly fold in softened Cool Whip.

Refrigerate 3 to 4 hours before serving.

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