I made this for our monthly church lunch last spring. Lots of people thanked me and said they had not had this in so many years and it brought back memories for them. Made me happy to hear that. Every last bit was eaten!
I had never even heard of Watergate salad until yesterday. My aunt dines at the Watergate sometimes as she has worked in D.C. for decades. I'd bet she has tried it. I attended an Orange County party where nearly everyone had known the Nixons. Their great grandchildren pointed out to me how they served Shasta soda. I figured that was how they stayed old money. That's a lot of marshmallows!
I plan on making that this Easter and I'll see what my grandchildren think of it. I always toast my pecan halves first, then I put them in the chopper, I love your idea of that little bit of sour cream in there. I can't wait to try it. Thank you Tammy! Love you!❤😊
Greetings from 🇺🇸 Ft Bragg. NC 🇺🇸 area. Being from middle Tennessee, I thought my grandmother was the only one that made this and called it Watergate Salad! Ive seen other versions but never anyone who made it like my grandmother did and I do. I dont use sour cream though; only difference. I still serve it in the colorful bowl set she used.
That stuff is so good. Did you remove a video the other day for sponge candy? I had been recently doing a lot of research on that candy and when I went back to watch yours again it was gone.
Hopefully there won't be a break in with the recipe stolen. People enjoyed the fruits of your labor. The inventor wondered what else to add to the salad---he had the problem whipped.
Ready for this?? I have NEVER had this before! I've been on this earth 68 years...I remember when it was a big deal buy my mother never made it. I was so abused and mistreated! HA
@@CollardValleyCooks It was in 1975, the same year that pistachio pudding mix came out.” According to Kraft Kitchens, when the recipe for Pistachio Pineapple Delight was published, a Chicago food editor renamed it Watergate Salad to promote interest in the recipe when she mentioned it in her column.
This is one of my favorites for salads. So easy and very delicious. I always buy pudding mix early. Always sold out right before Easter! Yummy yummy yummy❤ Tammy and Chris have a blessed weekend.
Hi Nancy...if you can't find the pistachio pudding in grocery stores, believe it or not, I've found it recently in Dollar Tree Doesn't hurt to check it out, especially @ $1.25. Happy Spring!
We are allergic to soy so we just whip up 4oz of heavy whipping cream for ours instead of the cool whip. :) The pudding takes care of it, I've not had to use any stabilizers in it. Of course it never lasts long enough!
Love Watergate!! I don’t add pecans or sour cream. Just 4 ingredients; pistachio pudding, crushed pineapple with juice, mini marshmallows and cool whip. I make a day ahead so all the flavors seep into the marshmallows. So dang good!!
I love Watergate salad. I love your Fenton bowl . I have a piece it's a a borealis color shoe. I've been to the Fenton glass Factory it's not too far from Mullica Hill, it was fun to see how they make it and all the beautiful pieces, have a blessed day.❤😊
My oldest daughter makes it for family get togethers. My youngest daughter and I are not that fond of it. A different pudding abd we would like it better. Grandma Sue in central Indiana
I love, love, love Watergate salads! I’ve eaten them my entire lifetime! My mama was crazy about them! It actually might be my favorite dessert! Yummy 😋
Watergate Salad 3.4 OZ. PACKAGE PISTACHIO PUDDING MIX 20 OZ. CAN CRUSHED PINEAPPLE 1/4 TEASPOON SALT 1/2 CUP SOUR CREAM (OPTIONAL) 10 OZ. BAG MINI MARSHMALLOWS 1/2 CUP CHOPPED PECANS (toasting is optional) 10 MARASCHINO CHERRIES (CHOPPED) 9 OZ. COOL-WHIP TOPPING
I made this forever in South Carolina and my Southern family loves it. I made it up North for a party everyone kept asking what it was and never touched it …. That disappointed me because I know it is so good. Just sweet … they missed a very nice dessert 😊
Well, this Maine gal and her whole family love it,! We do however, find that some families call similar dishes by other names, or make it with different fruit, or jello flavors.
I absolutely love this salad !!!! My sister- in -law used to make it at Christmas time and after the dinner, I’d take a big bowl of it home and that was my supper
The best way to stabalize whipped cream is after you whip the cream, add a box of dry vanilla pudding mix, continue whipping the cream until the desired consistency. You can use any flavor pudding, as long as it is in dry powder foram.
That's what my momma did and she put pecans in everything. She had pecan trees in her yard so we always had plenty in the freezer...so much better than the ones u buy at the store.
You have turned back time! You keep looking younger and younger. Love the hair! It frames your beautiful round face. And your inner peace just radiates. (From one female hetero to another 🤫). Happy Spring!
Way too many marshmallows for us. I use 1/2 bag. People's tastes vary. We love this salad at Christmas time. I was just wondering why people just fix this at holiday time?
There are several dishes that we really like but only fix at holidays and a few tears ago I decided I didn’t have to wait, so now if I have a hankering for pea salad or reception salad I just make it. The only salad or salsa I can’t make year round is cranberry because although my intentions are good, I never remember to freeze a pound or two of cranberries. I actually enjoy reception salad much more than any other jello/whipped cream salad. Also call it by different names depending on the circumstances…..deception, conception, etc….. 😂
Hi Tammy, I watched your sponge candy video the other day. However I came back to your channel to get the recipe and noticed the video is gone. 🙁 How do I find the video/recipe again?
I made this for our monthly church lunch last spring. Lots of people thanked me and said they had not had this in so many years and it brought back memories for them. Made me happy to hear that. Every last bit was eaten!
Wonderful!
That bowl is perfect!!
This is absolutely one of my favorite things to eat!
Thanks for giving the pointers about toasting the pecans.
I love Watergate salad. I usually fix it at Christmas
I had never even heard of Watergate salad until yesterday. My aunt dines at the Watergate sometimes as she has worked in D.C. for decades. I'd bet she has tried it. I attended an Orange County party where nearly everyone had known the Nixons. Their great grandchildren pointed out to me how they served Shasta soda. I figured that was how they stayed old money. That's a lot of marshmallows!
Hi Tammy. Your recipe is so pretty for an Easter dessert!
Yum. OK, I'm waiting on the ambrosia salad next. 😊
My mom got the recipe and made it for us in the 1970s. I thought anything with pistachio pudding was going to be odd and off putting but I liked it!
Oh my gosh looks absolutely delicious!! Beautiful salad!! Can’t wait to make this salad!!
One of my favorites never thought of adding sour cream but will definitely be adding it to mine!
Thanks ❤
I plan on making that this Easter and I'll see what my grandchildren think of it. I always toast my pecan halves first, then I put them in the chopper, I love your idea of that little bit of sour cream in there. I can't wait to try it. Thank you Tammy! Love you!❤😊
Momma got this recipe and we had it every Thanksgiving and she has passed onto Heaven so one of us do this dish now.
Love your hair!! Such a pretty color, cut n curl. You are a beautiful lady. Many Blessings to you and your family. 🤗
Greetings from
🇺🇸 Ft Bragg. NC 🇺🇸 area. Being from middle Tennessee, I thought my grandmother was the only one that made this and called it Watergate Salad! Ive seen other versions but never anyone who made it like my grandmother did and I do. I dont use sour cream though; only difference. I still serve it in the colorful bowl set she used.
Love this
My sister in law made this but used cottage cheese instead of marshmallows oh my it is so so good
HAPPY FRIDAY❤
This is delicious Happy Friday
This Sunday for sure
Love it!! Thank you!!
I love it but I don’t remember ever fixing it! I I intend to now!!!
Toast the pecans before you chop them.
That stuff is so good. Did you remove a video the other day for sponge candy? I had been recently doing a lot of research on that candy and when I went back to watch yours again it was gone.
I only left the recipe up on collardvalleycooks.com
You could always toast whole pecans and then chop them.
Your printable link isn't working. Thanks!
www.collardvalleycooks.com/uploads/1/4/0/4/140425906/watergate_salad.pdf
Hopefully there won't be a break in with the recipe stolen. People enjoyed the fruits of your labor. The inventor wondered what else to add to the salad---he had the problem whipped.
Ready for this?? I have NEVER had this before! I've been on this earth 68 years...I remember when it was a big deal buy my mother never made it. I was so abused and mistreated! HA
Nope Never heard of water gate Salad. Dose it Taste like Frozen fruit salad.
What I do is toast my pecans whole, then I chop them.
Why is it called Watergate?
From the Watergate Hotel I guess
@@CollardValleyCooks It was in 1975, the same year that pistachio pudding mix came out.” According to Kraft Kitchens, when the recipe for Pistachio Pineapple Delight was published, a Chicago food editor renamed it Watergate Salad to promote interest in the recipe when she mentioned it in her column.
What a coincidence! I was just thinking how i missed my grandmoms watergate salad now i can make it 😋😍 sweet memories ❤
We put a little coconut in it too. It looks delicious! Thank you. Will make this while camping.
This is one of my favorites for salads. So easy and very delicious. I always buy pudding mix early. Always sold out right before Easter! Yummy yummy yummy❤ Tammy and Chris have a blessed weekend.
Hi Nancy...if you can't find the pistachio pudding in grocery stores, believe it or not, I've found it recently in Dollar Tree Doesn't hurt to check it out, especially @ $1.25. Happy Spring!
We are allergic to soy so we just whip up 4oz of heavy whipping cream for ours instead of the cool whip. :) The pudding takes care of it, I've not had to use any stabilizers in it. Of course it never lasts long enough!
Love Watergate!! I don’t add pecans or sour cream. Just 4 ingredients; pistachio pudding, crushed pineapple with juice, mini marshmallows and cool whip. I make a day ahead so all the flavors seep into the marshmallows. So dang good!!
Oh you gotta have cherries tho in the salad
I was not taught to put cherries in the salad. I do however use bunny marshmallows at Easter and the Christmas trees at Christmas.
You can toast the pecans before you chop them up.
Excited! I actually made it in time. My grandmother made this "salad" when I was a kid. It was dessert to me.
Hello from Mocksville, North Carolina!❤ This is one of those refreshing, delicious salads 😋😋😋 Love you Tammy,❤
I love Watergate salad. I love your Fenton bowl . I have a piece it's a a borealis color shoe. I've been to the Fenton glass Factory it's not too far from Mullica Hill, it was fun to see how they make it and all the beautiful pieces, have a blessed day.❤😊
I've made this for years my Momma loved it so did my family , never used marshmallows, but my secret ingredient was always fruit cocktail. ❤
Hey y'all ❤️ love this salad
This is ambrosia salad in canada; watergate has pineapple and nuts and maybe celery. Different strokes!
This was in the table every Easter. Thanks for the memories
This is truly my favorite 😍
I love this stuff and
havent made this in ages, but i will be making it soon! Ty Tammy for
sharing! Love you!❤️
Tammy my mother makes a Watergate Cake. I think the name came from the Nixon years. (Cake has alot of nuts).
My oldest daughter makes it for family get togethers. My youngest daughter and I are not that fond of it. A different pudding abd we would like it better.
Grandma Sue in central Indiana
I love, love, love Watergate salads! I’ve eaten them my entire lifetime! My mama was crazy about them! It actually might be my favorite dessert! Yummy 😋
FINALLY! Someone else does sour cream, too! Everyone thought I was odd!
This is a good salad!!
Very Very Good. I love it❤ I made it at St. Patrick’s Day and other holidays in the past…
Great hint about the pecan meal. I wouldn’t have thought of it that way. Thank you. Love your channel.
I LOVE your Fenton bowl, Tammy! So fancy!
I think my mom always put cottage cheese in hers.
I will be making this Watergate Salad. Thanks Tammy.
Watergate Salad
3.4 OZ. PACKAGE PISTACHIO PUDDING MIX
20 OZ. CAN CRUSHED PINEAPPLE
1/4 TEASPOON SALT
1/2 CUP SOUR CREAM (OPTIONAL)
10 OZ. BAG MINI MARSHMALLOWS
1/2 CUP CHOPPED PECANS (toasting is optional)
10 MARASCHINO CHERRIES (CHOPPED)
9 OZ. COOL-WHIP TOPPING
What a coincidence! I was just thinking how i missed my grandmoms watergate salad now i can make it sweet memories
We used to make this when I was a kid. We also used to make a watergate cake which I loved!
They have vegan whipped topping like cool whip, im not sure if it’s healthier but people who hate cool whip find that better
i don't put cherries in mine bc i think it ruins the looks of my salad. i make this quite often and love the original recipe. To each his own though.
This looks smashingly good!! Very pretty for a dessert table.
Thank you for the demonstration of making the Watergate salad. I’ll be making it for my women’s group tomorrow. Thank you again God bless.❤
That’s my daughters favorite!
I think I will bring this dish for Easter. Looks easy enough and very nostalgic 🍒
Oh my this is my favorite haven't had it in a long time ❤
I made this forever in South Carolina and my Southern family loves it. I made it up North for a party everyone kept asking what it was and never touched it …. That disappointed me because I know it is so good. Just sweet … they missed a very nice dessert 😊
Well, this Maine gal and her whole family love it,! We do however, find that some families call similar dishes by other names, or make it with different fruit, or jello flavors.
Toast the pecans before chopping them, maybe? Love your serving bowl
Such grand memories with my grandma. She made lots of jello salads. Everyone of them were delicious. Thank you so much ❤️❤️
Thank you. Have a great weekend ❤
I have never heard it called Watergate salad but in have had this before. I love this salad.
That is a beautiful dish! Your salad looks delicious!😊😍
Hello Tammy, YOU know I love watching you cook especially dishes you don't have to measure Thanks Tammy for reminding me of the "Good Ole Days"!
My favorite
Yummmmmmm 😋
This is my favorite! Thanks so much for the recipe.
My mother and mother in law always put fresh shredded coconut in too
Well you might be having some recipes like my grandma but not my mom. Her most famous thing was Chef Boyardee spaghetti in a box LOL
I absolutely love this salad !!!! My sister- in -law used to make it at Christmas time and after the dinner, I’d take a big bowl of it home and that was my supper
Why use pecans instead of pistachios? It's pistachio pudding.
The best way to stabalize whipped cream is after you whip the cream, add a box of dry vanilla pudding mix, continue whipping the cream until the desired consistency. You can use any flavor pudding, as long as it is in dry powder foram.
I don't chop pecans. Just break up by hand. Only takes a couple minutes to get what you need. And more flavourful being bigger pieces.
That's what my momma did and she put pecans in everything. She had pecan trees in her yard so we always had plenty in the freezer...so much better than the ones u buy at the store.
Sorry, it’s @thatmidwesternmom
Oh yum! Will make this!😊
You have turned back time! You keep looking younger and younger. Love the hair! It frames your beautiful round face. And your inner peace just radiates. (From one female hetero to another 🤫). Happy Spring!
I would love to be your neighbor! So sweet you always share with them!
I'm going to be thinking about this all evening. I wish I was your neighbor! ☺️
Could Ya Toast The Peacns 1st Before U Chop Em Up???
Way too many marshmallows for us. I use 1/2 bag. People's tastes vary. We love this salad at Christmas time. I was just wondering why people just fix this at holiday time?
There are several dishes that we really like but only fix at holidays and a few tears ago I decided I didn’t have to wait, so now if I have a hankering for pea salad or reception salad I just make it. The only salad or salsa I can’t make year round is cranberry because although my intentions are good, I never remember to freeze a pound or two of cranberries. I actually enjoy reception salad much more than any other jello/whipped cream salad. Also call it by different names depending on the circumstances…..deception, conception, etc….. 😂
Also, when did sour cream come into the picture? Nobody I know has ever heard of that addition.
I love ❤️ this. Refreshing ❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
❤Love This So Much
Looks delicious! Your channel is an inspiration! I want to be as good at my TH-cam as you are. Thank you for sharing!
Hi Tammy, I watched your sponge candy video the other day. However I came back to your channel to get the recipe and noticed the video is gone. 🙁 How do I find the video/recipe again?
www.collardvalleycooks.com/uploads/1/4/0/4/140425906/sponge_candy.pdf
Never heard of this salad. We don't have cool whip here in New Zealand.
Its scandalously good!
I like alittle coconut on mine
Oxtails delicious
Never heard of it.
I make this every Easter holiday. Thanks for sharing your recipes Tammy. 🙂❤️
Looks very good and I know it is