Orange Fruit and Cottage Cheese Salad

Fruit salad cottage cheese - compliments of my Aunt Mimi

• 2 cups cottage cheese
• 1 small box sugar-free orange Jell-O, dry
• 1–1½ cups sugar-free or light Cool Whip
• 1 small can mandarin oranges packed in water or juice, drained really well
• ½–1 cup pineapple tidbits packed in juice, drained really well

Mix the cottage cheese and dry Jell-O powder first. Fold in the Cool Whip, then gently fold in the drained fruit. Refrigerate it for an hour or two.

Adding more cottage cheese and somewhat less Cool Whip shifts the balance toward protein and makes it more satisfying.