Seven Layer Salad Recipe (7 Layer Salad)
Original Seven Layer Salad (7-layer salad) with a creamy honey mayonnaise dressing — ready in 20 minutes. Perfect for holidays and potlucks. Tips, make-ahead instructions, and easy substitutions + variations included.
Ingredients
- ½ head of iceberg lettuce rip into small pieces
- 1 small bag frozen peas thawed and uncooked
- ½ cup sweet yellow onion diced (sub white onion)
- 1 cup celery sliced
- 1 ½ cups mayo homemade or store-bought
- 1 tablespoon honey to taste
- 1 cup colby jack cheese shredded (sub dairy-free alternative)
- 1 cup bacon bits about 8 slices of cooked bacon
Instructions
- Layer: In a 9x9 clear glass pan or clear glass trifle bowl, start layering this salad with lettuce on the bottom and then the thawed peas, diced onion, and celery.
- Mayo Mixture: Put 1 ½ cups mayo and 1 tablespoon 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 1 cup colby jack cheese on top and then 1 cup bacon bits.
- Serve: Enjoy this delicious salad with any main dish - we love it with gluten-free cornbread and classic slow cooker beef chili!
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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
Calories: 404kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 18g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 720mg | Potassium: 98mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 201IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 123mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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