A Recipe to Share

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I was browsing on a school lunch website and stumbled upon a cookbook.

This was one of the recipes...read the intro and the ingredients and

see what you think! I couldn't believe the irony! Please don't make

this or pass it on to your loved ones unless you want them to DIE! It

is fat-free, nutrient-free, fake food, high carb poison!

Kathy

" This recipe is a family favorite and is now pretty much always

included at family gatherings. The

Pretzel Salad is my dad's favorite. My father will be 78 next month

and he's in poor health so I

make it for him every chance I get.

The Pretzel Salad is one that my husband's oldest sister brought home

from a work luncheon

years ago and it has become a staple for both my family and my

husband's family. We have

tweaked it and made it our own by using fat free cream cheese and cool

whip as well as sugar free

Jell-O. You loose some of the calories and fat but you do not loose

any flavor whatsoever. This

is probably my father's favorite dish and I always make it for him

whenever we get together.

Also, we would always include in Thanksgiving & Christmas dinners with

my husband's Mother

and his immediate family up until her death in 2000 and still do with

his sisters from time to time

although we don't see them as much since they are out of state. Since

it's put together in a 9x13

dish, there is plenty for leftovers and I usually send most home for

Daddy to eat the remainder of

the week. I tell him that I'll only send it home if he'll share with

my Mother; he does, but

unwillingly (just kidding).

For the most part, family dinners for my side of the family, including

Christmas, Easter and

Father's Day are now in my home in Mt. t, TN but my mother,

despite my dad's health

issues, is not yet ready to give up Thanksgiving at " Grandma's " and my

children are not ready for

her to do so either. These dishes have become a part of dinner

gatherings with both family and

friends and I expect they will continue to be passed down to future

generations. I hope Willis

folks will enjoy as much as we have.

Pretzel Salad

1st layer

2 cups crushed pretzels

¾ cup melted margarine or butter

2 tablespoons of sugar

Mix all together and press the mixture into a 9 x 13 dish and bake at

400 degrees for 7 minutes.

Let this cool completely before adding the 2nd layer.

2nd layer

8 oz package of cream cheese softened/room temperature (low fat or fat

free acceptable)

8 oz carton of cool whip, thawed (low fat or fat free acceptable)

1 cup of sugar "

I don't know where the sugar-free jellow comes in, probably next, but

I accidentally eliminated it.