The Ultimate Layered Salad

This layered salad with iceberg, baby spinach, bacon, and peas (and lots of other veggies) is a reminder of those potlucks and recipe books put together by church groups, babysitting co-ops, charity groups, and women's clubs. Not necessarily high brow, but definitely tasty.

This Ultimate Layered Salad has twelve layers if you count the dressing.

This is a comfort food salad. It's hearty and filling with the old fashioned iceberg lettuce, a pound of bacon, hard boiled eggs, cheddar cheese, peas, topped with a mayonnaise and sour cream dressing.

Sometimes you just need a little throw back salad. It's perfect for a picnic, family reunion.....  or a bunco party!!!

How to make a layered salad: 

This salad is super easy to make. One of the nice things about making a layered salad is that you can (and should) make it in advance, and refrigerate it for up to 8 hours. 

On a bed of iceberg lettuce and baby spinach, you layer the eggs, bacon, tomatoes, carrots, onions, bell pepper, celery, cheddar cheese, and peas. They you spread the dressing over the top, sealing the edges, and let it rest in the refrigerator. You toss the salad just before serving. 

You can vary the veggies in the salad, but be sure to keep the iceberg, spinach, eggs, bacon, cheddar, and peas. They definitely make the salad. 

Use a clear glass bowl or trifle dish so that you can see the pretty layers. Be sure to arrange the bulk of the layers around the edges and fill in the middle with more lettuce as needed, especially if your bowl is wider. 

More Salad Recipes:

Wilted Mixed Green Salad

Mixed Greens, Corn, and Peach Salad

Cabbage Salad with Apples and Pecans

This week, the From Our Dinner Table Group is featuring layered salads, a favorite of potlucks, picnics, and old school community cookbooks. 

Layering Up Salads

• Chicken Cobb Salad Tower from The Spiffy Cookie
• Layered Garbanzo Beans and Paneer Salad from Magical Ingredients
• Layered Mason Jar Niçoise Salad from A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures
• Overnight 7 Layer Salad from Leftovers Then Breakfast
• Seven Layer Fruit Salad from Art of Natural Living
• Southwest 7 Layer Salad from The Freshman Cook
• The Ultimate Layered Salad from Karen's Kitchen Stories

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I've updated this post from seven years ago with new photos and a printable recipe. I'm still not very precise with my layers, but I still think it's bright and colorful. I hope you give this a try!

Salad, lettuce, iceberg, spinach, bacon, peas

Salad

American

Yield: 12 servingsAuthor: Karen Kerr

The Ultimate Layered Salad Recipe

ingredients

For the Salad

• 1 head iceberg lettuce, chopped (you may not use all of it)
• 6 ounces baby spinach
• Salt and pepper
• 6 hard boiled eggs, roughly chopped
• 1 pound (16 ounces) bacon, cooked, drained, and chopped
• 1 heaping cup cherry or grape tomatoes, sliced in half
• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 red onion, diced
• 6 scallions, thinly sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and diced
• 2-3 stalks of celery, chopped
• 6 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
• 8 ounces frozen peas, partially thawed

For the Dressing

• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon sugar

instructions

1. Layer the salad ingredients, beginning with the iceberg lettuce, and then the spinach, hard boiled eggs, bacon, tomatoes, carrots, red and green onions, bell pepper, celery, cheddar, and top with the peas, adding salt and pepper to taste every few layers. For the layers to stand out, concentrate the layer ingredients around the sides of the bowl, sprinkling the rest over the middle, and adding lettuce to fill it in. 
2. Combine the mayonnaise, sour cream, and sugar and spread it over the top of the peas from edge to edge of the bowl. 
3. Cover and refrigerate for at least two hours or overnight. Toss the salad right before serving. 

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