Jell-O

So, I got a mad drive to make rainbow Jell-O the other day. It’s no secret I’ve been in a rainbow mood all year, and I’ve been dying to try this:

from Cafe Zupas

But I was also making an overnight breakfast casserole thing (that ended up being a huge misguided unappetizing mess of a thing) and so couldn’t do the whole “big pan and slices” thing.

So I ended up using a variety of glasses from around the house, and they looked a little like this:

as you can see, I'm less careful about precise striping.

I also modified Cafe Zupa’s recipe a little:

Ingredients:

4 boxes Jell-O. I used Sugar Free Orange, Lime, Cherry and a regular box of whatever the blue flavor is.

1 c. whipping cream – whipped up to soft peaks. I threw a little sugar in with it to make it a little sweeter.

1c. sour cream – I went low fat here to make up for the added fattiness of the whipping cream.

1c. cottage cheese – the recipe calls for cream cheese, but I didn’t have any around and was too lazy to walk to the store. Nobody in our house minded the cottage cheesy bits, but if that’s the sort of thing that bothers you, I’d go with the cream cheese (or ricotta…I bet that would be yummy).

Method:

Put your Jell-O vessels in the freezer about 30 minutes before you get started. This helps speed everything along.

Mix together the whipped cream, sour cream and cottage cheese.

Use 1 3/4 c. water for each box of Jell-O, but otherwise follow the package directions. Wait about 15 minutes for it to cool.

Mix 3/4c. of Jell-O with a couple of tablespoons of the cream mixture and set this aside.

Pour the remaining 1c. of Jell-O into your cups, pans, glasses, whatever. I filled 4 tiny teacups, 2 bucket glasses, 2 ramekins and 2 wine glasses (I told you I used whatever was laying around!) and used about 1/4 to 1/2 inch per layer of Jell-O.

Put the Jell-O in the fridge until it sets. This should only take about 15 minutes. During this time, start work on the next layer. You’ll probably spend a good hour in the kitchen…but it’s worth it for the pretty!