Tis the Season to Party!

This month our calendars are filled with pot luck dinners, finger food snacks, and other holiday cooking and sharing events. The first one last week was the quilting/sewing group I belong to. There was a good variety of mini-sandwiches, veggie pizza, cookies, breads, and even fruit.

I took Vegetable Mousse - a family favorite from my sister-in-law. The original recipe is named "Tomato Soup Salad", but that doesn't sound very classy, so we've renamed it! We like it served with Ritz toasted chips.

Vegetable Mousse

1 can tomato soup

¼ cup water

3 oz. package lemon jello

8 oz cream cheese

2 Tbs. chopped onion

¼ cup diced green pepper

1 cup diced celery

1 cup mayonnaise

1 small jar chopped pimiento

Heat tomato soup and water. Pour in jello and stir. Cool. Add softened cream cheese, onion, and stir to dissolve. Add other ingredients and mix well. Mold. To serve turn out on serving dish and serve with crackers. 

One of the things I like about this recipe, besides it's taste, is that I usually have the ingredients on hand! But, this night I had to serve it with Ritz Holiday crackers, not the yummy toasted chips, but still good.