Recipe Sharing

I got a new recipe the other day for a new salad and I was so excited to make it. Someone brought it to a get together we were at and I knew I wanted to have the recipe for our house. Today was the perfect day to make it too.

It's called a 7 Layer Salad but really anything you want can be added to it.

Most people wouldn't need to make as much as I did but I was feeding 4 (well 3 1/2 counting the size of Taylor's meals) but wanted left overs for DJ to take to work. I made it in a 13x9 glass cake pan but next time I will make it in a large tupper-ware dish so I can clean one less dish when cleaning up after dinner.

While I cut everything up I had someone picking at all the ingredients. . .

To start you just need to layer the bottom of the pan/dish/bowl with lettuce. I used pre-shredded lettuce because it saved me time. Next you add your favorite ingredient. I added peas. For this I just used frozen peas that had been thawed.

 After the 1st two layers the 'dressing' is added. Had I heard this before trying it I might not have ever eaten it. The dressing is Mayo. Yep, just plain Mayo. I used "light" Mayo because I felt less guilty. Sprinkle some sugar across the top of the Mayo.

Then you add anything you'd like. I ended up with a 12 layer salad. I used (in this order) lettuce, peas, mayo, carrots, onions, mushrooms, celery, green bell peppers, cucumbers, chicken, bacon, shredded Colby jack cheese and hard boiled eggs. It was so good!

 I wanted a little sweet flavor so I added raisins to my bowl. It's the type of salad that makes a perfect complete meal. You might also need to make it a couple of times for some trial and error runs. Everyone loved it here though.