When Grandma made this salad, we drew straws to see who got to lick the bowl.

I remember sneaking into the refrigerator for spoonfuls of this salad while it chilled.

To show off the colorful layers, Grandma always made this salad in a big glass bowl.

Grandpa used to say that this salad makes you feel as cool as the center seed of a cucumber.

Grandma liked to serve this colorful salad in her favorite floral salad bowl.

Grandma always put this salad in a glass serving bowl to accentuate its gorgeous shapes and colors.

This chilled salad and some breadsticks made a wonderful, light warm-weather meal.

On hot summer afternoons, we ate cool, crisp tuna salad on Grandma’s front porch.

The little stream running through Grandma’s backyard was so clean she grew her own watercress in it.

Nona often made this wonderful salad when it was warm and the vegetables were at their peak.