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Salads

7-Layer Salad

Shared by Maxine Arvold

A family memory

The Story Behind It

Recipe on behalf of her sister Bonnie Wilson Fraelich

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Ingredients

1 head lettuce, shredded
1 cup celery
1 green pepper
2 red onions, chopped or sliced into rings
Carrots (optional)
Mushrooms (optional)
½–1 package frozen peas
Small tomatoes, halved
2 tsp sugar
1 cup salad dressing

Or:
½ cup mayonnaise
½ cup sour cream

½ cup grated cheddar cheese
6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
Parmesan cheese

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Directions

Arrange the lettuce, celery, green pepper, red onions, optional carrots and mushrooms, frozen peas and tomatoes in layers in a bowl.
Stir 2 teaspoons sugar into 1 cup salad dressing. Alternatively, combine ½ cup mayonnaise and ½ cup sour cream.
Spread the dressing mixture over the salad.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Before serving, top with grated cheddar cheese, crumbled bacon and Parmesan cheese.