2013 – Gluten Free Living

24-Hour Layered Salad is awesome! You haven’t seen layered salads until you’ve seen mine. I don’t stop at the minimalist 7-layers like a lot of the recipes from the 1970s and 1980s. No, my layered salads are about 20 layers deep! Everything but the kitchen sink is thrown into one of my layered salads. Yes, I love ’em. 🙂

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This fantastic salad includes all the traditional stuff from a Seven-Layered Salad. But it also has tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, carrots, yellow squash, colorful bell peppers and cucumber. I also include raisins and green grape halves. I got that tip compliments of Carolyn Allen who I used to cater meals with back in New England years ago. We made layered salads regularly for events because you could make the salad the night before serving. Everyone always loved this great recipe. She’s the one that encouraged me to play around with the recipe to add more stuff.

24-Hour Layered Salad is yummy, delectable and so satisfying that you won’t want to stop eating it! I usually spread the dressing on the top of the salad like I’ve shown in the pictures, but you can also make up the salad without the dressing and pour it over top of the salad when you’re ready to serve it. The nice thing about this salad is you don’t have to be exact on the ingredients. You cut up as much as you need for the container you’re going to make it in. Or, you add more of ingredients your family especially likes.

If you’re looking for a creamy, cheesy, bacony salad chocked full of fresh veggies, this one is perfect. Our guests raved over this salad when I made it a week and a half ago for dinner.

If you’re stuck in the rut of only making 7 layers for your layered salad recipes, then consider making a 20+ layer like mine the next time you have company or want to take a salad to a potluck gathering. It’s a great way to use up garden produce, and I’ve even used chopped radishes, garbanzo beans (chickpeas), water  chestnuts and other veggies at times. Just remember, the salad needs to be eaten no longer than 48 hours after you make it. So unless you’re making it for company you may want to cut down on amounts so you don’t have too much.

This recipe calls for freshly grated romano cheese which is a really nice change to the standard cheddar cheese. 24-Hour Layered Salad is also gluten free if you make sure that your bacon is gluten free. No matter what veggies you have on hand, everything seems to work in this recipe–everything BUT the kitchen sink, that is!

I initially posted this recipe in September 2013. I made it with a salad dressing that was based on Greek yogurt and zylitol. While that dressing was good, I decided to go back to the original recipe this time I made it (May 2018). I found a Miracle Whip without High Fructose Corn Syrup. (Yay!) However, I sure wish they’d make it with good oils like avocado oil instead of GMO soybean oil. 🙁 Anyway, I combined it with sour cream. Then after spreading over top of the salad ingredients, I sprinkled sugar on top. Then I sprinkled freshly grated Romano cheese. Finally, I topped it with bacon, hard-boiled eggs and tomato wedges (like in the previous post).

It was so delicious. I took it church potluck where it could be enjoyed by all. I also brought along a Bacon Macaroni Salad and a Gluten Free Blackberry Dump Cake Cobbler. They’re all perfect potluck food recipes.  24-Hour Layered Salad is one of our favorite salads, especially with all the extra layers. After all these years, I still love this stuff. 🙂

24-Hour Layered Salad is filled with all kinds of wonderful veggies.

Here’s a view of the top of the salad. You can see the bacon and romano cheese peeking out underneath the hard-boiled eggs and tomatoes.

24-Hour Layered Salad is one of my favorite salads. I’ve enjoyed this recipe since the late 70s.

This amazing salad is filled with everything but the kitchen sink!

Here’s what I did.

I used these ingredients for the salad. I decided NOT to use the water chestnuts this time.

Place baby spinach spring mix in a trifle dish. Top with spinach leaves.

Add grated carrot and diced celery.

Add sliced cucumbers.

Add broccoli and cauliflower florets.

Add diced zucchini and yellow squash.

Add finely diced red onion and diced red bell pepper.

Add frozen peas and raisins.

Add green grape halves.

I used these ingredients for the salad dressing.

Place Miracle Whip and sour cream in a mixing bowl. I found a Miracle Whip without High Fructose Corn Syrup so I purchased that. 

Combine Miracle Whip and sour cream and spread over top of salad ingredients.

Sprinkle with sugar. 

Sprinkle with freshly grated Romano cheese.

Add crumbled crisp-fried bacon, tomato wedges and hard-boiled eggs.

Refrigerate salad several hours or overnight. To serve, use salad tongs and dig to the bottom of the trifle dish to get to the lettuce!

You can also make this salad in individual parfait dishes. Obviously, the amount of salad ingredients, salad dressing ingredients and toppings will be significantly reduced.

If you enjoy a Layered Salad, this 24-Hour Layered Salad should be on your bucket list this summer!

Here’s the recipe.

24-HOUR LAYERED SALAD

(Recipe inspired from Joyce Martin and Carolyn Allen, Baptist Convention of New England)

24-Hour Layered Salad

Teresa Ambra

This fabulous 24-Hour Layered Salad is spectacular! This salad includes several layers and is totally awesome for potlucks, backyard barbecues and summer holidays like Father's Day, Fourth of July or Labor Day. Everyone loves the flavors of this incredibly delicious salad.

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Prep Time 35 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Salads and Salad Dressings

Cuisine American

Servings 15

Calories 238 kcal

Equipment

• 1 large salad bowl or trifle dish
• 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
• 1 skillet to fry bacon
• 1 small mixing bowl
• 1 wooden spoon
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons

Ingredients

  

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• 10 oz. pkg. romaine lettuce with carrots and red cabbage (I used about half a package)
• 1 cup fresh spinach
• 1/3 cup matchsticks carrots
• 1 rib celery diced
• 1 large red pepper diced
• 1/2 large yellow crookneck squash julienned
• 1/2 large zucchini squash julienned
• 1/2 large cucumber peeled
• 1/2 to 2/3 cup small cauliflower florets
• 1/2 to 2/3 cup small broccoli florets
• 1/3 cup frozen peas
• 1/4 cup red onion finely diced
• 1/2 cup green grapes halved
• 1/4 to 1/3 cup raisins
• 12 oz. hickory-smoked bacon crisp fried and crumbled into small pieces (use a nitrate & preservative free bacon, if desired)
• 4 to 6 hard-boiled eggs peeled and quartered (as desired)
• 1 large tomato cut in 8 wedges
• 1 to 1 1/2 cups Romano cheese finely grated (as desired)
• 3/4 cup miracle whip
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 2-3 tbsp. granulated sugar as desired

Instructions

 

• Layer spring mix, romaine, carrots, celery, red pepper, squashes, cucumber, cauliflower, broccoli, peas, grapes, and raisins in a very large salad bowl or trifle dish.
• Combine sour cream and Miracle whip and spread over top of salad.
• Sprinkle sugar over top of Miracle Whip mixture.
• Sprinkle Romano cheese over top of sugar layer.
• Crisp fry bacon then spread bacon pieces over top of Romano cheese layer.
• Arrange tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs over top in whatever design you prefer.
• Refrigerate 6 hours or overnight.

Notes

NOTE: This is a great salad to take to a potluck because you can make it the night before you need it. But it needs to be eaten within two days, so if you can’t eat this much salad in two days, and you’re not having company to help you eat it all, you may want to cut the recipe in half or leave off the salad dressing and portion it out individually.

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Nutrition

Calories: 238kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 14gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 91mgSodium: 634mgPotassium: 415mgFiber: 2gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 3061IUVitamin C: 27mgCalcium: 150mgIron: 1mg

Keyword bacon, broccoli, eggs, gluten free, salad, tomatoes

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This salad is a fabulous way to use up garden produce or lots of veggies from your CSA.

Every bite of this scrumptious salad is delectable.

This salad is yummy! The grapes and raisins add a little sweetness to this salad. It’s hearty, filling and totally satisfying! Plus, it’s gluten free if you use gluten free bacon.

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24-Hour Layered Salad

Teresa Ambra

This fabulous 24-Hour Layered Salad is spectacular! This salad includes several layers and is totally awesome for potlucks, backyard barbecues and summer holidays like Father’s Day, Fourth of July or Labor Day. Everyone loves the flavors of this incredibly delicious salad.

No ratings yet

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Prep Time 35 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Salads and Salad Dressings

Cuisine American

Servings 15

Calories 238 kcal

Equipment

• 1 large salad bowl or trifle dish
• 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
• 1 skillet to fry bacon
• 1 small mixing bowl
• 1 wooden spoon
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons

Ingredients

  

1x2x3x

• 10 oz. pkg. romaine lettuce with carrots and red cabbage (I used about half a package)
• 1 cup fresh spinach
• 1/3 cup matchsticks carrots
• 1 rib celery diced
• 1 large red pepper diced
• 1/2 large yellow crookneck squash julienned
• 1/2 large zucchini squash julienned
• 1/2 large cucumber peeled
• 1/2 to 2/3 cup small cauliflower florets
• 1/2 to 2/3 cup small broccoli florets
• 1/3 cup frozen peas
• 1/4 cup red onion finely diced
• 1/2 cup green grapes halved
• 1/4 to 1/3 cup raisins
• 12 oz. hickory-smoked bacon crisp fried and crumbled into small pieces (use a nitrate & preservative free bacon, if desired)
• 4 to 6 hard-boiled eggs peeled and quartered (as desired)
• 1 large tomato cut in 8 wedges
• 1 to 1 1/2 cups Romano cheese finely grated (as desired)
• 3/4 cup miracle whip
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 2-3 tbsp. granulated sugar as desired

Instructions

 

• Layer spring mix, romaine, carrots, celery, red pepper, squashes, cucumber, cauliflower, broccoli, peas, grapes, and raisins in a very large salad bowl or trifle dish.
• Combine sour cream and Miracle whip and spread over top of salad.
• Sprinkle sugar over top of Miracle Whip mixture.
• Sprinkle Romano cheese over top of sugar layer.
• Crisp fry bacon then spread bacon pieces over top of Romano cheese layer.
• Arrange tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs over top in whatever design you prefer.
• Refrigerate 6 hours or overnight.

Notes

NOTE: This is a great salad to take to a potluck because you can make it the night before you need it. But it needs to be eaten within two days, so if you can’t eat this much salad in two days, and you’re not having company to help you eat it all, you may want to cut the recipe in half or leave off the salad dressing and portion it out individually.

^© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 238kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 14gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 91mgSodium: 634mgPotassium: 415mgFiber: 2gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 3061IUVitamin C: 27mgCalcium: 150mgIron: 1mg

Keyword bacon, broccoli, eggs, gluten free, salad, tomatoes

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