Layered Lettuce Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 head lettuce
1 c. celery, diced
4 eggs, hard-cooked and sliced
1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen peas (uncooked)
1/2 c. green peppers, diced
1 sweet onion (optional)
8 slices bacon, fried and dried
2 c. mayonnaise
2 Tbsp. sugar
4 oz. Cheddar cheese, grated

Preparation

Tear cleansed, crispy lettuce into bite size pieces and place in a 9 x 12-inch greased dish.
Layer remaining ingredients in order given; add sugar in mayonnaise and spread over top as you would icing on a cake.
Top with grated cheese and refrigerate for 8 to 12 hours or overnight.
At serving time, garnish with bacon bits and parsley (optional).