Orange Jell~O Salad

This is my Mom's recipe, but I add a couple of things!!!
Ingredients:
1Lg. container of Cool Whip
1Lg. container of cottage cheese
1Lg. Orange Jell~O
1 15oz. can of Mandarin oranges (drained)
1 20 oz. can of crushed pineapple (drained, I added this)
1/2 bag of mini marshmallows (I added this)
Get a LARGE bowl and put the Cool Whip, Cottage Cheese, and Orange Jell~O in it and mix WELL. Then you add the oranges, crushed pineapple, and marshmallows and mix well again. Put a lid on the bowl and refrigerator at least one hour before serving!!!  This is way YUMM~O!!! ENJOY!!!

Pretzel Jell-o Salad

1 cube butter or margarine
3 Tbs. sugar
2 cups pretzels (broken up)
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 (8 oz.) cool whip
1 large pkg. Raspberry Jell-o mix (you can use Strawberry as well)
2 cups boiling water
2 1/2 pkg. (12 oz.) frozen raspberries (do not thaw; include juice)
(If you don't like Raspberries this is good with Strawberries as well)

Melt butter and sugar together.  Mix in with broken up pretzels. Spread into 10x13 inch pan.  Bake at 350 for 7 minutes. Combine cream cheese, sugar, and cool whip.  Spread over baked pretzel mix. Pour Raspberry Jell-o mix into 2 cups of boiling water.  Add the frozen raspberries to the Jell-o mixture.  Pour over pretzel and cream cheese base and refrigerate until set.

*Submitted by My SIL Tara Braegger