Layered Salads
This is a beautiful salad for serving a crowd!
Ingredients
- 4 cups Leafy Lettuce
- 2 cups Spinach
- 1 1/2 cups Celery, diced
- 4 Green Onions, chopped
- 2 cups Red pepper, chopped
- 5 cups Peas
- 2 cups Feta, crumbled
- 1 can Black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 cup Artichoke Hearts chopped
- 1 cup Black Olives chopped
Dressing
- 1 cup Mayonnaise
- 1 cup Yogurt or sour cream
- 1/2 cup Olive Oil
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Garnish
- 2 tablespoons Basil chopped
- 1/2 cup Cilantro chopped
- 1/4 cup Green onions chopped
- 1 Tortilla
Instructions
- Chop separately the lettuce, spinach, celery, green onions, red pepper, artichoke hearts, black olives.
- Prepare the Salad Dressing: In a small bowl, mix together mayonnaise, yogurt or sour cream, olive oil, salt and pepper.
- Tortilla Strips: fry a corn tortilla in olive oil until it is crispy, then cut into long strips, salt lightly.
Assembling the Salad
- In a large glass bowl, layer lettuce and spinach.
- Top with green onions and celery along the sides so that you can see the layers through the glass bowl.
- Top with the chopped red pepper along the sides.
- Top with peas along the sides.
- Top with black beans.
- Next layer feta cheese, chopped artichoke hearts and chopped olives.
- Gently spread the dressing over the entire top of the salad.
- Tightly wrap plastic wrap on top of the bowl and put in the fridge until you are ready to eat.
- Just before serving remove the plastic wrap and top with chopped cilantro, basil, onions and tortilla strips.
Notes
Assemble this layered salad in a large glass bowl so that you can see all the colourful layers before you divide the salad into individual portions.
This salad is great for the fall and winter because you can always find these ingredients in your local markets.
Enjoy!
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