Ambrosia Salad! (w/ pics!)

Yesterday was the year-end department party, a family swimming and BBQ event hosted by Harry and Lisa at their awesome house.

Everybody signed up to bring something to the event. I chose to make the easiest, most delicious, and healthiest (erm...) salad: AMBROSIA!

If you have never had it, ambrosia salad is a dessert fruit salad created by simply mashing a pile of sweet things into a bowl, then freezing it overnight. Despite its Ancient Greek name, it did not appear in American cookbooks until the late 19th century, possibly due to the rise in popularity of coconut at this time. (Seriously, I looked that up. Apparently coconut was big with the Industrial Revolution crowd. Who knew?) It seems like a kind of retro-dessert now, one that would fit right in on a table alongside Jello molds and celery with Cheez-Wiz. That's what I like best about it! (Also that it is yum x10).

Here is how to make the best salad ever:

Take about half a thing of Cool Whip...

(Mmmm...oily!)











Mix it with about half a cup of sour cream...

(Mmmm...creamy!)

Add in a can of drained tiny mandarins...

(Exotic Far East!)

Followed by a can of drained, crushed pineapple...

(Tropical!)









...and a bag of coconut. (Double tropical!)







Mix that all together, then fold in...


...a bag of marshmallows! (I like the rainbow kind.)







To finish off the perfect salad, garnish with pretty maraschino cherries!

Finally, stick the whole thing in the fridge for 6+ hours (overnight is ideal), and everyone will go mental for your awesome salad.




Here's the finished product:

Ta Daaaa! Delicious and (not really) nutritious!

I actually saw a recipe where the person who posted it claimed it was a good way to get children to eat fruit. Seriously.

What is your favourite thing to bring to a BBQ pot-luck? Let me know in the comments!

Thanks for reading!! xoxo