Description
Our classic Seven Layer Salad recipe with a few (healthier) twists! It’s always a hit and really easy to make! Perfect for holidays, get-togethers or weeknight meals!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 head of iceberg lettuce, rip into small pieces
- 1 small bag frozen peas, thawed and uncooked
- 1/2 cup sweet yellow onion, diced (or white onion)
- 1 cup celery, sliced
- 1 1/2 cup mayo (homemade or store-bought)
- 1 tablespoon honey (to taste)
- 1 cup shredded colby jack cheese (feel free to use dairy-free)
- 1 cup bacon bits (about 8 slices of cooked bacon)
Instructions
- Layer: In a 9×9 pan or trifle bowl, start layering this salad with lettuce on the bottom and then the thawed peas, diced onion, and celery.
- Mayo Mixture: Put mayo and honey in a small bowl and mix to combine. Taste and add additional honey, to taste. Spread this mixture on top of the salad in an even layer.
- Top the Salad: Sprinkle the cheese on top and then the bacon bits.
- Serve: Enjoy this delicious salad with any main dish – we love it with Cornbread and Classic Chili (although Pumpkin Chili is also amazing with it too).
Notes
- Flexible: the salad ingredients are SO easy to adjust, if you have a bigger or smaller pan. Amounts listed can be used as suggestions and if you end up adding more or less of something, it will still work perfectly.
- Lettuce: we have always used iceberg lettuce, but feel free to use other types of lettuce or greens.
- Mayo: I grew up using Hellmann’s mayo, but if you want a healthier version we love our basic homemade mayo!
- Bacon Bits: we grew up using store-bought bacon bits, but you can always cook your favorite paleo/Whole30 bacon (or regular bacon) and chop it up – whatever works best for you!
- Prep Ahead: simply layer everything until you get to the mayo sauce. Cover and refrigerate. Prepare the mayo sauce, cover and refrigerate. Right before serving add the mayo sauce layer and then the cheese and bacon.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6oz
- Calories: 235
- Sugar: 3.3 g
- Sodium: 417.7 mg
- Fat: 20.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 7.3 g
- Protein: 5.9 g
- Cholesterol: 43.2 mg