6 servings, about ? cup each

Dissolve the gelatin in the boiling water.

Add cold water, lemon juice, and salt.

Chill until slightly thickened.

Stir remaining ingredients into the gelatin.

Chill until firm.

VARIATION

Waldorf salad.—Omit gelatin, water, and lemon juice. Use 2½ cups apples. Mix all ingredients, and blend in ¼ cup salad dressing or mayonnaise. Makes 6 servings, ½ cup each.

Chicken- or turkey-apple salad

6 servings, about ¾ cup each

Combine ingredients; mix well.

NOTE: If preferred, moisten the salad with french dressing and omit the mayonnaise or salad dressing.

VARIATIONS

Pork-, ham-, or veal-apple salad.—Use one of these cooked meats instead of poultry.

Tunafish-apple salad.—Use 13- or 14-ounce can of tunafish instead of poultry.

Cheese-apple salad.—Omit the poultry. Use 3 cups of apples in the recipe and add 1 cup diced cheese.

Apple-fruit combinations

For a tasty and colorful salad, fruit cup, or dessert, combine apples and other fruits, cut or sectioned. For a salad, use large pieces, drain the fruit, and place on greens. For a fruit cup or dessert, use smaller pieces and add a little fruit juice.

To make six ½- to ?-cup servings, try one of these combinations:

• 1 banana, 1 cup pineapple tidbits, 2 apples.

• 1 cup strawberries, 2 oranges, 2 apples, ½ cup marshmallow bits.

• 1 cup cranberry sauce, 2 oranges, 2 apples.

• 1 banana, 1 apple, 1 cup dark sweet cherries, 2 oranges.