Name: Layered Ham and Vegetable Salad
Yield: 2 Servings; Can be doubled
Ingredients: 1/3 cup low-fat mayonnaise; 1/3 cup nonfat sour cream; 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco); 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese (about 1 1/2 ounces); 1 pound supermarket salad bar ingredients (packed separately), including at least 4 vegetables (such as lettuce, spinach, shredded carrots, shredded red cabbage, peas and sliced mushrooms); 1 cup diced ham (about 5 ounces); 4 cherry tomatoes, halved; Chopped nuts (optional)

The layered salad was popular in the Midwest throughout the seventies. We've updated it for today's speedy lifestyles and lightened-up diets. Round out the meal with a basket of corn bread, and mugs of tomato soup.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

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