Frozen Fruit Salad – Bennie Baird

1 20oz. can crushed pineapple, drained

½ to 1 cup seedless grapes

1 can 11 oz mandarin oranges, drained

¼ - ½ cup pistachio nuts, chopped

2 bananas, sliced

¼ cup cold water

1 envelope or 1 Tlb unflavored gelatin

½ cup mayonnaise

½ cup dairy sour cream

¼ cup sugar

3 Tlb lemon juice

1 ½ cups heavy cream, whipped

1 avocado, diced

lemon juice

½ cup maraschino cherries, drained

In a large bowl, combine crushed pineapple, grapes, mandarin oranges, pistachio nuts, and bananas. Pour ¼ cup cold water into a custard dish or measuring cup. Sprinkle unflavored gelatin on cold water. Let stand 5 minutes to soften. Dissolve the gelatin completely by placing cup over hot water or put in microwave 1 minute on high. Measure into a large bowl, mayonnaise and sour cream, when gelatin is dissolved, stir and blend into mayonnaise mixture. When gelatin is dissolved, stir and blend into mayonnaise mixture. Add sugar, 3 Tlb lemon juice. Chill until mixture begins to gel. Blend in fruit and nut mixture. Turn into large freezer tray. Freeze at least 6 hours. To serve, dice avocado into lemon juice. Make kabobs with avocado and cherries. Cut salad into squares top with kabobs.