Lavern Sellers’ Pineapple Banana Jello Salad

Ingredients

Salad

• 1 package lemon Jell-O
• 2 large bananas
• 1 can (No. 2) pineapple chunks

Topping

• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 eggs
• Juice from the pineapple
• Pinch of salt
• 1 cup Cool Whip
• Mayonnaise
• 1/4 pound cheddar cheese, grated

Steps

1. Make the lemon Jell-O and add the sliced bananas and drained pineapple chunks (save the juice). Chill until set.
2. Cook the sugar, flour, eggs, pineapple juice and salt until thickened, then let it cool.
3. Mix in the Cool Whip and the cold mayonnaise and spread over the Jell-O, bananas and pineapple.
4. Top with the grated cheddar cheese.

Notes

Handwritten on an index card, credited to Lavern Sellers, with the rest of the directions on the back.

The card doesn’t say how much mayonnaise to use or how to set the Jell-O; the first step fills that in.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe cards

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