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What Exactly Is Cornbread Salad And Is It Actually A Salad?
By Crystal Antonace
If there is ever leftover cornbread in a Southern household, that means it's time to whip out some salad ingredients and make cornbread salad.
This intriguing dish features pinto beans, corn, bell peppers, tomatoes, shredded cheese, bacon, and hearty cubes of cornbread with a healthy drizzle of creamy ranch dressing.
The salad is sure to elude Southwest flair, and it's usually served in a trifle bowl, with distinct layers of cornbread and all of the salad's ingredients visible from the outside.
Because the dressing has a thicker consistency, it almost rests on the sections of veggies, making it easy to prepare ahead of time without making the other ingredients soggy.
This epic dish is technically a salad since cornbread salad falls into the "small pieces of food mixed with dressing" category — a description of the word salad.