Luscious Layered Salad Food

LINDA'S LUSCIOUS LAYERED SALAD

Steps:

• Fill a large trifle bowl or glass bowl with shredded lettuce.
• Add a layer of tomatoes, celery, peppers, onions, peas, and black olives in layers.
• Spread mayonnaise over top, and sprinkle with sugar.
• Top with cheeses, and sprinkle bacon over the cheese.
• Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate 8 hours.

LAYERED SALAD

Steps:

• In a clear glass bowl, layer the salad ingredients in the order they appear above, concentrating the ingredients around the perimeter of the bowl and filling in any gaps in the center with lettuce as needed. Start with a good layer of iceberg on the bottom, followed by the tomato wedges, spinach and Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs. Sprinkle the egg layer generously with salt and pepper. Layer on the bacon, green onions and cheddar, and end with the peas.
• Combine the mayonnaise, sour cream and sugar in a small bowl and mix well.
• Pour the dressing over the top of the peas and spread evenly, bringing the dressing all the way out to the edges of the bowl. Sprinkle with the dill and parsley. Cover and refrigerate until serving.
• Place the eggs in a saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat and allow the eggs to sit in the water for 20 minutes. Drain off the water and add ice to the pan on top of the eggs. Set aside to chill.

SIMPLE LAYERED SALAD

Steps:

• I use a 13 cup plastic container, with lid.
• Mix mayonnaise with seasonings & sugar, make sure sugar dissolves, put aside.
• Place lettuce on bottom of container.
• Add onion, eggs, then peas.
• Put dressing on top of these layers, smooth out & seal to sides of container.
• Top dressing with bacon, then cheese as top layer.
• Cover & refrigerate for at least 12 hours up to 24 hours.
• You can mix it up before serving, but we just portion out what we want.
• For a large crowd, you can double or triple this easily and feed a bunch of people.
• Cooking time is refrigerator time.

BEST DEEP DISH LAYERED SALAD

Steps:

• In a large straight-sided glass bowl, layer the lettuce, broccoli, mushrooms, cucumber slices, peas and drained mandarin oranges.
• Top with lightly roasted almonds.
• In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, Miracle Whip with the brown sugar.
• Mix well and add the garlic powder.
• Spread mixture evenly over salad.
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• Cover and chill 8-12 hours before serving.

LUSCIOUS LEMON SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve jello in boiling water.
• Add Mountain Dew and stir well.
• Stir in marshmallows, pineapple and half of pie filling.
• Pour into 2 quart oblong dish.
• Chill until set.
• Fold remaining pie filling into thawed Cool Whip.
• Spread evenly over chilled jello.

DELICIOUS 7 LAYER SALAD

Steps:

• Place in a clear glass dish in order given.
• Break lettuce into small pieces and put in the bottom of the dish.
• Top with chopped onion, chopped celery, chopped bell pepper, and LeSeur Peas.
• Mix together 1 1/2 C mayonnaise with 2 TBLS sugar.
• Spread Mayonaise mixture over the peas.
• Sprinkle with 1 TBLS sugar.
• Sprinkle with cheese and bacon bits.
• Cover and refrigerate over night.

DELICIOUS LAYERED FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, toss the bananas slices in lemon juice to keep from browning.
• In an extra large fancy glass bowl, in a layering effect, place the pineapple, blueberries, HALF of the strawberries, oranges, kiwi fruit, watermelon, and the remaining strawberries or raspberries.
• In a mixer bowl, beat the softened cream cheese until smooth.
• Add in confectioners sugar, and continue beating.
• Add in the lime juice; mix to combine.
• Set the speed to lowest, and add in HALF of the whipped cream; mix until blended.
• Then add in the remaining whipped cream until blended (still on lowest speed).
• Pour the whipped dressing all over the fruit in the bowl, and allow to drizzle inside of bowl.
• Chill for a minimum of 1 hour before serving.