Seven Layer Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 head iceberg lettuce
• 1 (12 ounce) bag spinach
• 4 eggs, hardboiled and thinly sliced
• 3 bunches green onions
• 1 lb bacon, fried,drained,and crumbled
• 10 ounces frozen peas (thawed)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup swiss cheese or 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 1/2 cups fat free sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups low-fat mayonnaise
• 3 stalks celery, chopped (optional)
• olive, sliced (optional)
• chopped ham (optional)
• specialty lettuce (optional)
• cherry tomatoes (optional)

Recipe

• 1 also need 1 beautiful glass bowl, preferably with straight sides.
• 2 tear the lettuce into bite sized pieces and put 1/2 the lettuce in the bowl, spreading evenly.
• 3 clean the spinach, remove stems, and tear in bite sized pieces.
• 4 spread 1/2 the spinach in over the lettuce.
• 5 spread 1/2 of the eggs over the spinach.
• 6 spread 1/2 of the bacon over the eggs.
• 7 spread 1/2 of the peas over the bacon.
• 8 sprinkle the peas with sugar, salt, and pepper.
• 9 mix the sour cream and mayo.
• 10 spread 1/2 the dressing over the salad.
• 11 repeat the layers, ending with the second layer of salad dressing.
• 12 top the dressing with the cheese.
• 13 cover with plastic wrap and chill.
• 14 before serving the salad, clean the green onions and slice the root off.
• 15 cut all the onions the same length (about 2" taller than the bowl).
• 16 unwrap the bowl, and imagine the bowl is the face of a clock.
• 17 slide one green onion down between the salad and the bowl at each point of the clock, with the top of the onion sticking above the bowl.
• 18 if there are any green onions remaining after you've used 12, then slice the remaining onions and tops and sprinkle over the salad.
• 19 use the optional ingredients for other layers, or to vary the salad the next time you make it.
• 20 this salad is so pretty, you may have to take the first serving: people won't want to'mess it up'.