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Watergate Salad, with its distinctive colour and taste, is a basic and successful at each occasion. This salad couldn’t be simpler, and it’s prepared in a jiffy, making it the proper choose everytime you’re within the temper for a light-weight, candy, and scrumptious salad!

I like this salad. I like serving it at potlucks, BBQs, and household occasions, however it’s additionally a tremendous Christmas salad due to its fairly inexperienced colour and with a cherry on prime, it has all the vacation colours. 

I additionally love how fast and simple it’s to make this tasty salad. It’s a dump-and-go dish, that means every part goes into one bowl, and the entire dish is blended till creamy and excellent. Plus, it’ll hold within the fridge for a couple of days, so make it forward of time after which simply seize it if you’re able to serve.

One other wonderful thing about this recipe is that I can hold the substances readily available for a very long time, so I can whip it up once I want a last-minute salad or dish. Every little thing is shelf-stable, and you may pop the Cool Whip into the freezer and thaw it earlier than utilizing it.

With taste, crunch, and deliciousness in each chew, I’m certain you’ll love this salad!

Why Is It Referred to as Watergate Salad?

The story goes that this salad was created and served on the Watergate Resort, and it gained in reputation through the political scandal of the identical identify. It has additionally been instructed that Kraft created this salad recipe to advertise their pistachio pudding and referred to as the recipe Pistachio Pineapple Delight.

Watergate Salad can be identified by varied different names, together with Pistachio Delight, Inexperienced Goddess Salad, Shut The Gate Salad, and I’ve even heard it referred to as Inexperienced Goop and Inexperienced Fluff. It doesn’t matter what you name it, it’s a enjoyable and engaging dessert salad recipe!

Substances

• Cool Whip – Or one other form of whipped topping. See my notes beneath for substitutions.
• Pistachio on the spot pudding combine – A 3.4-ounce bundle.
• Canned crushed pineapple – Drain it effectively!
• Pecans – Toasted and chopped.
• Mini marshmallows
• Shredded coconut – Non-compulsory.
• Maraschino cherries – For the garnish.
• Whipped cream – For the garnish.

How To Make This Simple Watergate Salad

1. Mix the pineapple, pudding combine, mini marshmallows, pecans, and coconut in a big bowl and blend effectively.
2. Fold within the whipped topping and blend to mix.
3. Chill for at the very least 2 hours or in a single day earlier than serving.
4. Garnish with drained cherries and whipped cream, and revel in!

Recipe Ideas & Substitutions

• Use home made whipped cream as an alternative of Cool Whip however be aware that it received’t hold as lengthy within the fridge should you do.
• Use sweetened or unsweetened coconut shreds.
• Attempt multicolored mini marshmallows for an additional colourful salad.
• Skip the pecans if you need a nut-free Watergate Salad.
• Be sure to empty the canned pineapple rather well. Pour it right into a strainer after which press down evenly on the pineapple with a small plate to squeeze out extra liquid so your salad isn’t runny.
• Maintain the salad chilled till able to serve.

Storage

Watergate Salad will hold in an hermetic container (or cowl the bowl with plastic wrap) within the fridge for 5-7 days. Should you use recent whipped cream as an alternative of Cool Whip, it’ll solely hold within the fridge for 2-3 days.

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