Layered Vegetable Salad

A layered vegetable salad with lettuce, onion, celery, red bell peppers, peas, salad dressing, sugar, cucumbers, shredded cheese and bacon. Cooking time only counts for frying up the bacon. This is a family favorite recipe!

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1  head lettuce, torn into bite size pieces
• 1⁄3-1⁄2 cup  chopped onion
• 1⁄2 cup  thinly sliced celery
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped red bell pepper (Can substitute using green, orange or yellow peppers)
• 1 (9 ounce) bag  frozen peas, thawed by running under hot water, then blotted with paper toweling
• 1 -1 1⁄4 cup  salad dressing
• 2  tablespoons sugar
• 1  cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced (blot with paper towels to remove excess moisture)
• 1 (8 ounce) package  shredded medium cheddar or 1 (8 ounce) package sharp cheddar cheese
• 10  slices bacon, cooked and crumbled

Directions

1. In a large bowl, layer salad with vegetables and ingredients in order given.
2. Chill 30 minutes to 1 hour.
3. This salad is best eaten, shortly after being made.
4. Serves 8.
5. Note: Sometimes I substitute 1-(8 oz.) can of well drained bamboo shoots for the sliced cucumbers. Just be sure to blot the bamboo shoots with paper toweling before placing them on the salad.