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Recipe Blast From the Past

I've been trying to wrack my brain to remember my Mom's American Chop Suey  recipe, which is really NOTHING like an oriental dish. I guess the only resemblance is that she served it over rice with canned chow mein noodles. So, I dug around until I found one of the many recipe boxes I've collected along the way and lo and behold. The recipe wasn't there! Hunh! But I found the recipes that my late ex mother-in-law made every summer that my oldest son just absolutely loves. So, to preserve the yellowing recipe card treasures, I give you Lorraine Stromberg's 7-Layer Lettuce Salad and her famous Vegetable Pizza. 7-Layer Lettuce Salad 1 head shredded iceberg lettuce 1/2 large white onion thinly sliced or 3 shallots chopped 1 - 10 oz. pkg. frozen peas 1/2 c. chopped celery 1 green pepper chopped 2 c. mayonnaise 2 T. sugar 6 - 8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled 4 oz. cheddar cheese (grated) Layer first five ingredients in bowl. Frost top with mayonnaise, s

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