1 lb. small curd cottage cheese
8 oz. can crushed pineapple, well drained
1 c. mandarin oranges, sectioned and cut into pieces
2/3 c. chopped pecans
1/2 c. grated coconut
9 oz. Cool Whip (best if make your own)
3 oz. pkg. orange gelatin (dry powder)

Blend together the cottage cheese, crushed pineapple, mandarin oranges, chopped pecans, coconut, and whipped topping. Sprinkle gelatin over this mixture and fold in well. Spread mixture in an 8 x 8 inch glass pan and refrigerate overnight. Serve on romaine lettuce leaves.

Whipping cream for Light Sunshine Salad and Coconut Cream Pie topping: heavy cream or heavy whipping cream. Whipping cream doubles in volume when whipped, one cup cream will equal about two cups whipped.

For best results used chilled cream. Don't try to whip more than two cups of cream at a time. A chilled bowl with sloping sides and deep enough to allow the cream to double is best. Use chilled beaters and DO NOT OVERWHIP OR IT MAY TURN TO BUTTER.

To sweeten cream for recipes, add two to four tablespoons of sugar per cup of unwhipped cream, after the whipping process is almost completed. If the sugar is added too soon, the volume and stiffness of the final product will be decreased. A small amount of vanilla can be added for extra flavor.