Mexican Fiesta Layered Salad

A tasty layered salad that will be sure to be a favourite, mild Mexican flavours with lots of crunch! The multiple layers are beautiful in a glass bowl, a crowd pleaser! Feel free to substitute whatever veggies you happen to have on hand!

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• BASE

• 2  cups romaine lettuce
• 1  cup bean sprouts
• 1⁄2 cup  yellow pepper, diced
• 1 -2  cup  chopped snow peas
• 3  tomatoes, seeded and diced
• 310  g sweet whole kernel corn, drained
• 4  hard-boiled eggs, sliced (I sprinkled this layer with garlic salt)
• 420  g  mexican style beans, drained

• DRESSING

• 1  cup sour cream
• 1  cup mayonnaise
• 1  garlic clove
• 35  g  taco seasoning, dry mix

• TOPPING

• 1 1⁄2 cups cheddar cheese
• 1  cup  sliced spring onion
• 1⁄2 cup  cooked bacon bits
•  sliced  jalapeno, and (optional)
•  spanish black olives (optional)

Directions

1. Layer and pack lettuce lightly into the bottom of a glass bowl.
2. Continue layering with each ingredient finishing with the beans (they don't have to be Mexican flavoured!
3. Mix sour cream and mayo with Taco seasoning and garlic, spread in an even layer over top your other layers right to the edge to seal everything.
4. Top with cheese, then cooked crumbled bacon bits, green onions and optional olives and jalapeños.
5. ENJOY!