Strawberry-Banana Cheesecake Fluff

Remember all of those potluck dinners as a kid?  And the cute lil' 'ol ladies brought those wacky combinations of fruit and Jell-O with marshmallows?  And someone called them salads, but you couldn't for the life of you understand why anything with marshmallows would be considered a salad.  Well, that's kind of what this is.  The day I made this recipe Little Devil asked, "What's for dinner?" and I told her what we were having along with "And this strawberry cheesecake salad thing."  She made the most awful face and repeated, "Cheesecake.  Salad.  Have you lost your mind mom?"  She's obviously not a child of the 70's and never experienced the whole marshmallow/salad confusion of my childhood.  To avoid that debacle for future generations I decided to call this Fluff and serve it as dessert.  It's got fresh strawberries and bananas, along with Cheesecake-Flavored Jell-O pudding and of course no 70's flashback salad/Jell-O thing would be complete without lots of fluffy marshmallows.  For someone who made such a face when I mentioned it, I'm happy to report Little Devil not only ate seconds, but leftovers as well.  If you're looking for something new and a little sweet for a potluck side or dessert, this is it!

Call it Fluff.  Call it Salad.  Call it whatever you want.
It's so good!

Strawberry-Banana Cheesecake Fluff

1-pint heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 (3-ounce box) Cheesecake flavored instant pudding
3 (6 ounce) containers strawberry-banana flavored yogurt
1 carton fresh strawberries, sliced
3-4 bananas sliced
3 cups (I used a whole bag) miniature marshmallows

With a mixer, combine the heavy whipping cream and sugar to create whipped cream.  (You can substitute a 12-ounce container of whipped topping here, but we prefer real whipped cream at our house.)  Combine the whipped cream with the yogurt and pudding mix.  Refrigerate until serving time.  Just before serving, fold in the berries, bananas and marshmallows.  Garnish with a strawberry and enjoy.

Prep Time:  Approximately 10 minutes     Cook Time:  0