" Kelly's Creamy Cheddar Pea Salad"

Submitted by Wildflour

"I'm not a big fan of peas, but like them IN things. This salad is one of my favorites. Happy to share!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 (20 ounce) package frozen peas, thawed
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
• 1⁄4 cup onion, finely chopped, sometimes I use green onions
• 1 1⁄2 cups cubed cheddar cheese
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 3 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 1 teaspoon mustard

directions

1. In large bowl, combine mayo, relish, sugar, seas. salt and mustard. Gently fold in rest of ingredients adding peas last so they don't get broken up and mushy. (Add more mayo if needed.) Chill.
2. If you like it *EXTRA* creamy, double the sauce.

Reviews

[Larawithoutau]

Hubby loves 7 layer salad, I had everything on hand except the lettuce. So, I decided to try this. I thought we had pickle relish, but didn't. I had some sweet & hot pickles, chopped them fine in place of the relish. Added some crisp pancetta, otherwise followed the recipe. He LOVED this, if I'm lucky, I'll get to taste it tomorrow, but he may eat it all before then! Thanks for sharing, I'm pretty confident we'll be making this one again!

 

[misscain]

Great stuff - I love peas.

 

[Andrea in NH]

Great salad that is now in my Summer rotation. Nice and creamy. I'll also try it with ham chunks or chicken the next time.

 

[CindiJ]

I think I found my favorite pea salad recipe now!!! I made a couple of mistakes but easily corrected them. I cut back on my onion (I thought it was going to be too hot for this salad), then added more. My celery was substituted with sliced water chestnuts and I used shredded sharp cheddar cheese. It was very, very good! Upon my serving it the 2nd day, I realized I had forgotten the mustard and seasoning salt. Added those 2 ingredients and WOW!! This is a forgiving recipe and one that I will make (correctly) again and again. Thank you for sharing!!

 

[Jessica Hoylman]

A great pea salad! Thanks for sharing!