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Individual Seven Layer Salad in a Mason Jar

July 10, 2013 by April

Some things are inherently Southern, like bug zappers, the word ya'll being acceptable in a serious business conversation, fatback, and deviled egg trays. Two other very Southern things are seven layer salad and mason jars, which are perfectly reasonable to combine, unlike bug zappers and moonshine. And combine I did, with the salad and mason jars, I mean. Maybe I'll combine bug zappers and moonshine some other day.

I've never put a salad in a jar because I believe less is more when it comes to dishes that I dirty up. With eating a salad that's been packed in a mason jar, you dirty the jar and a plate or bowl to put it on. But with a regular Tupperware you can just eat right out of it as your desk, like a sad lady who can't go outside because it's pouring rain yet again. This salad is conducive to jarring though, because the ingredients benefit from having the mayonnaise layer spread completely over the rest to "seal" it in. I was worried about the lettuce wilting and being gross the next day but this came out as fresh as it was when I put it in the day before (even after a photo shoot outside that afternoon!)

There's an art to layering the seven layer salad though, you can't just go all willy-nilly. Whether you put it in a traditional trifle dish to share with a group, or in a jar to eat at your desk,

seven layer salad in a mason jar
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Individual Seven Layer Salad in a Mason Jar

Southern seven layer salad is easily transferred into an individual serving by putting it in the most Southern container ever, a mason jar!
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword mason jar, salad, seven layer salad
Prep Time 7 minutes minutes
Total Time 7 minutes minutes
Servings 1 serving
Author April

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup red onion finely diced
  • 1 cup shredded romaine lettuce
  • ⅓ cup fresh green peas
  • ¼ cup diced tomato
  • ¼ cup shredded Cheddar cheese
  • ¼ tsp ground black pepper
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • 2 bacon strips crumbled

Instructions

  • Layer in the ingredients as follows: lettuce, peas, red onion, tomato, cheese.
  • Use a spoon to spread the mayonnaise from edge to edge in the jar, “sealing” in the other ingredients. Add black pepper to top if desired.
  • Chop bacon if needed and store in a separate container to preserve freshness. Put the lid on the jar and store the salad in the fridge overnight for best results.
  • When it’s time to eat the salad, turn it out onto a large plate or bowl and mix well. Sprinkle with the crumbled bacon. 

Seven layer salad in a mason jar

And this is what it looked like as tweeted from my desk the next day.

There are probably as many versions of this as there are old church ladies down here, so if you've got a different version what do you put in yours?

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  1. Flora Atchison

    July 10, 2013 at 11:16 am

    My sister makes the best 7 layer salad, but she would probably not want to wash a gazillion mason jars however cute the individual salads may be. 🙂

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I'm April Blake, a recipe developer, food, agriculture, and travel writer, and digital marketing manager in South Carolina. Please follow me on Instagram, but not in real life.




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