ISO: Vitamin Salad (Cottage Cheese Based)

I've fell in love with this salad. It has mini marshmallows (can do without), cottage cheese, pineapple, and manadrian oranges. So good but I can't find a recipe online anywhere. Whipped a trial batch up to sit overnight to try tomorrow. But I was wondering if anyone has a recipe for this? Thanks christine

My mother used to make this all the time.  It's called Ambrosia Salad.  There are many different ways of making it so if you google that you will find a combination that you like.  My mom used cottage cheese, cool whip, marshmallows, pineapple and oranges and then sprinkle some walnuts on top.  I think she made another similar one but it had dry jello powder mixed in with it.

Yeap I know the ones with cool whip & gelatin but this has neither. But it's alright I just whipped up a bit last night as a trial run. Close enough I'm a happy lil camper!

 Is this it?  I've always called i****ergate Salad. (This has the pudding mix.)

http://eatingwelllivingthin.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/a-lovely-shade-of-green/
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Nope no pudding! I do like those kind and this salad is kinda like them but nope not it. Thanks anyway!

http://www.ifood.tv/recipe/vitamin_salad

I googled vitamin salad.  Is this it?  If not there are others as well but this looked close to what you described.

 sounds good.. i have seen that recipe. i will ask my mom. she might have it.

what i do if i dont want to eat plain cottage cheese is i put some dry jello in my 1/2 c serving of cottage cheese.

My mom made one similar called "5-cup salad"  I'm not sure if this is exactly the way hers was made, but similar:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/grandmas-five-cup-salad/detail.aspx

Note:  no cottage cheese.  Guess you could use cottage cheese in place of the sour cream.  My mom's didn't have cottage cheese either.  I'm sure she used the sour cream.

Anyway...  lol 

Nope not 5 cup salad. Thanks anyway!