A Stay-Crisp Salad to make ahead to rave reviews! My only changes were that I added some chopped cauliflower and I used some olive-oil based low fat mayonnaise. Also I left a center circle without cheese and made a pretty flower out of quartered tomatoes and green onion. It kept well without wilting. Pros: Crunchy colorful and healthy with lots of flavors
Loved it I have started making this salad as a side dish for everyday meals as well. Pros: good veggies nice dressing can make ahead for parties
I'm an Iowa who grew up with the full-fat version of the seven layer salad and I must say that we really enjoyed this at our house. The only changes I made to the recipe were to use 3 colors of bell pepper instead of just yellow (food rainbow!) and a tad more celery (we adore celery at our house though). Throwing in some purple lettuces wouldn't hurt either. The dressing was perfect the way it was; I didn't need to change anything about it. The flavor isn't exactly like the old-time seven layer salad. It's different enough that you can't "smile serve it and shut up" but it holds its own as a new recipe twisting on an old favorite.
Seven Layer Salad Loved it. Pros: Easy easy easy to make and can be made a day ahead! Cons: None
Made this for an end of school staff party. Big Hit! I agree that you could do with a little less lettuce but over all great tast and a real show stopper!
I had to go to a cookout last night and we all wanted to make things that were somewhat healthy. I made this salad and everyone loved it. The basil was a great addition and the dressing was actually better than the full-fat full-cal traditional version I've always made. Plus it uses Romaine instead of iceberg which has many more nutrients. The old version is going out and this is going to be my new standby for the 7-layer salad.
This is a great summer salad! Instead of plain yogurt I used Greek Vanilla yogurt and it added a bit of sweetness that you would never expect!
I made this salad for my nutrition class and they loved it. Many are vegetarians so I made two versions one that omitted the bacon. The creaminess of the dressing is wonderful and much lighter than the traditional version made with all mayonnaise. This is really delicious.
Great flavor This was so easy and when I first made it the salad was just gorgeous. I used fresh organic sweet peppers from my CSA/farm share and added some broccoli. I subbed reduced fat Veganaise for the mayo because I like the taste and honey for the sugar and I'm wondering if that is what caused it to be so watery? I also subbed Canadian bacon for the regular as that's all I had. Next time I will wait to add the dressing and I will add more broccoli because it was delish! When I brought it to work the next day the lettuce had deflated and there was lots of water in the bottom. I just transferred bowls and was good to go! Pros: Super Easy Cons: Got very watery after making the day before
