Seven Layers of Goodness

It is kind of a tradition that every get together my family has my aunt makes a seven-layer salad. Ok let me rephrase that a little, she makes a big one for the family and a small one minus a few ingredients for my picky self. :) I get random cravings for this salad so I decided I better learn how to make the dressing myself. I searched around and found several variations of the recipe but ended up combining bits and pieces from each, throwing the ingredients together and tasting to see how it came out.

This salad is really versatile, you can add whatever ingredients you like and leave out those ones that make you cringe. :) Some other ingredients that I have seen in this salad are; onions, tomatoes, and hard boiled eggs. In my opinion the salad is all about the sweet creamy dressing and not that it has exactly seven layers.

On this particular salad I left the dressing off because I thought that I had made way to much and that my in-laws would never eat it all. Boy was I wrong, I guess I should have just put the dressing on to begin with. But I did all of the ingredients in half which was a wise decision, otherwise it would not have all fit into my pretty trifle bowl.


Seven Layer Salad

(Source: Amber's Delectable Delights)

Salad Ingredients

1 head lettuce or 3 bunches of romaine (chopped into bite size pieces)

3/4 cup carrots, cut into bite size pieces

3/4 cup broccoli, cut into bite size pieces

3/4 cup cauliflower, cut into bite size pieces

1/3 cup bacon, cooked and crumbled

1 cup of your favorite shredded cheese

1/2 cup peas

1/4 cup parmesan cheese

Dressing Ingredients

1 1/2 cups miracle whip (or mayo)

1 tsp white vinegar

1/4 cup milk

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp garlic powder

dash onion powder

dash pepper

Directions

1) Combine all dressing ingredients and set aside.

2) In a 9x13 dish layer the ingredients, 90% of the lettuce, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower, light layer of dressing, remaining 10% of lettuce, remaining dressing, shredded cheese, peas, bacon and parmesan cheese.

3) Cover salad and put into refrigerator a few hours before serving.