Fruit Salad

Ingredients

• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) box instant pistachio pudding mix
• 1 (8 ounce) Cool Whip
• 1 (16 ounce) container large curd cottage cheese
• 1 (17 ounce) can fruit cocktail or 2 (17 ounce) cans fruit cocktail
• 1 (10 ounce) can mandarin oranges or 2 (10 ounce) cans mandarin oranges
• nuts (optional)