Happy 4th of July!

We spent a fabulous Friday night to Monday at the cabin for the 4th. Hope you all had fun at whatever you did. It was a great weekend for wildlife. Buck and doe in the driveway and then a momma moose with twin babies by the stream. They were still fuzzy, very cute. They ate and frolicked in the stream and thickets. Dave was wondering why the hornets were bothering him and no one else when Hannah casually mentioned that she thought there might be a nest under his deck chair. Yup. He had been sitting on top of the nest for two days. And the whole time we just thought they liked his aftershave!

Pretzel Jell-O

2 C pretzels
1 C + 2 tbs sugar
3/4 C melted butter
1 med size cool whip
1 8 oz cream cheese
1 6 ox. strawberry jello
1 sm. can (8 oz) crushed pinapple
2 (10 oz) cut up strawberries (frozen bags work best)

1st layer: 2 C finely crushed pretzels, 2 tbs sugar, 3/4 cup melted butter. Mix together and spread onto 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 350 in preheated oven for 7 minutes.

2nd layer: 1 cup sugar, 1 med size cool whip, 1 8 ox cream cheese. Soften cheese, mix sugar and cream cheese together... fold in cool whip, spread on cooled first layer.

3rd layer: 6 oz package strawberry jell-p, 1 small can 8 oz. crushed pineapple (drained) 2 cups boiling water 10 oz packages of frozen cut up strawberries...

Dissolve jello-o in boiling water. Add drained pineapple and frozen strawberries. Stir and cool until set. (not hard, but thick...) pour gently over second layer -- refrigerate overnight.

I personally used 1 14 oz bag of frozen strawberries when I made it... also I recommend making layer 1 first... making layer 3 second.. and while 3 is almost a gelled consistency I begin layer 2, spread that on.. and layer 3 is ready to be poured on.

And there you have it... the NOT so low cal/low fat Pretzel Jell-O!!! =o) Hope you enjoy!

Love,

Nikki