multi-layered salad

Ceres, CA
Updated on Jun 7, 2011

Love this salad. It is always made during the hot summer months when I don't want to heat up the kitchen. To save time I buy pre-chopped veggies and pre-cooked bacon.

prep time 20 Min
cook time 10 Min
method ---
yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1/2 - head iceberg lettuce or more thinly sliced or substitute romaine lettuce if preferred or a combination of both
  • 1/2 - of one bunch of celery, chopped into bite sized bits
  • 1 large red bell pepper, chopped into bite sized bits
  • 1 - red onion, chopped into bite sized bits
  • 10 ounces package frozen sweet peas (unthawed)
  • 10 ounces package frozen petite sweet corn (unthawed)
  • 1 - tomato, chopped into bite sized bits
  • 1 - cucumber, chopped into bite sized bits
  • 2/3 cup grated parmesan cheese (3-4 oz.)
  • 1/2 pound bacon, fried crisp or 15 slices pre-cooked bacon
  • 1 1/4 cups regular best food mayonnaise
  • 1 1/4 cups regular sour cream
  • 1 1/4 tablespoons yellow mustard

How To Make multi-layered salad

  • Step 1
    To make the dressing: Mix together the mayonnaise, sour cream, and yellow. Put in the refrigerator until you are ready to assemble the salad.
  • Step 2
    Fry the bacon until crisp or use pre-cooked bacon strips. Blot the excess bacon grease off with paper towels and set aside to cool. Once cooled, crumble the bacon and set aside.
  • Step 3
    Hand-slice into fine strips the iceberg lettuce, or use a food processor with 4mm slicing disc to slice
  • Step 4
    In a food processor, or by hand, fine-chop each of the following and set aside: Half of one bunch celery 1 large red bell pepper 1 red onion 1 cucumber 1 tomato
  • Step 5
    Layer the chopped and frozen ingredients in the order given: lettuce celery red bell pepper red onion cucumber frozen petite sweet corn ***will thaw as the salad sits tomato frozen sweet peas ***will thaw as the salad sits dressing ***cover the peas entirely Parmesan cheese crumbled bacon
  • Step 6
    No need to toss the salad before serving; just dig in and get salad and dressing all in one scoop.

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