This colorful 7-layer salad has made numerous appearances at our family gatherings over the years. My Nana has no shortage of delicious recipes from appetizers to desserts that she has passed down to me since I began cooking. This salad is not only yummy, but its so quick and easy to prepare and definitely one of my all-time favorites
Nana's 7-Layer Salad Ingredients
2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
1? cups mayonnaise
4 cups torn iceberg lettuce
2 large Roma (plum) tomatoes, or more to taste, chopped
1 (6 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained
1 (10 ounce) package frozen peas, thawed
1 (4 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
cup cooked crumbled bacon
How to Make Nana's 7-Layer Salad
Mix Cheddar cheese and mayonnaise together in a small bowl.
Pat lettuce into an even layer in the bottom of a large glass serving bowl. Layer tomatoes, black olives, peas, and water chestnuts, respectively, into the bowl. Spread Cheddar cheese mixture over the water chestnuts layer; top with bacon.
Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until salad is chilled, at least 30 minutes.
Nana's 7-Layer Salad Nutritions
Calories: 507.3 calories
Carbohydrate: 9.8 g
Cholesterol: 61.6 mg
Fat: 45.9 g
Fiber: 2.8 g
Protein: 15.5 g
SaturatedFat: 13.2 g
ServingSize:
Sodium: 898.7 mg
Sugar: 3.5 g
TransFat:
UnsaturatedFat:
Nana's 7-Layer Salad Reviews
Needed more bacon and the canned water chestnuts added a nasty flavor. I will be omitting those. Pure mayonaise is not my idea of a dressing for a salad.
Much better with a half cup "or more" of sugar (or Splenda) mixed into the mayonnaise before icing the salad with this dressing.
I have been looking for this recipe. I can remember eating this salad as a little kid in the 1970s. I will be replacing the water chestnuts with green onions and the black olives with parmesan cheese to give it some kick. Sure to be yummy
Everyone loved it, served it at a huge going away get together
No peas so used frozen broccoli No olives so used fresh mushroomsAdded minced onion and garlic powder and ground pepper to cheese and mayo Next time might do 1/2 sour cream and 1/2 mayo to cut calories and maybe some hidden ranch seasoning
I make this recipe but I put the tomatoes on top of the salad and cover it with Mayo. Then I add the cheese and bacon. The mayo seal the tomatoes and helps to flavor them and it adds to the salad. Sometimes I sprinkle a little seasoned salt over the tomatoes before covering, but just a little. This salad lasts forever in the fridge as leftovers if you dont mix it in the bowl and just cover it.
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