7 Layer Salad

Get up early, get out your favorite knife and start cutting, chopping and cubing to prepare this delicious bad boy to satisfy company.  If there's a vegetarian in the house, keep the bacon to one side.  The dressing turns this from your average dinner salad into a "can-I-have-another-scoop?" pleaser.

Ingredients

• For the salad
  • 6 cups romaine lettuce, chopped
  • 8 ounces grape tomatoes, cut in half
  • 1 english cucumber, cubed (small)
  • 4 stalks celery, chopped
  • 16 ounce bag frozen peas
• For the dressing
  • 1 ½ cups Hellman's mayonnaise
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 3 tbsp vinegar
  • 2 tbsp sugar

• For the topping
  • 8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese
  • 12 ounces applewood smoked bacon, cooked and crumbled
  • 1 bunch of green onions, finely minced

Directions

• Combine dressing ingredients in a separate bowl and mix well.
• In a 9”x13” dish layer the salad ingredients. Start with a layer of romaine lettuce, then a layer of tomatoes, a layer of cucumbers, a layer of celery and a layer of peas.  
• Pour the dressing over the top of the peas and spread to cover, bringing the dressing all the way out to the edges of the dish.
• Sprinkle the cheese, bacon and green onions on top.
• Cover and refrigerate for up to 8 hours.