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
- 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 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 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 Gluten-Free Cornbread and Classic Slow Cooker Beef 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.
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