Mexican Fiesta Layered Salad - cooking recipe

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)

Preparation

Layer and pack lettuce lightly into the bottom of a glass bowl.
Continue layering with each ingredient finishing with the beans (they don't have to be Mexican flavoured!
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.
Top with cheese, then cooked crumbled bacon bits, green onions and optional olives and jalapenos.
ENJOY!