Creamy Pea Salad
This creamy Pea Salad is the perfect alternate to the common Potato Salad. It is actually the perfect accompaniment to said potato salad.
This salad is one that many kids will go after versus common peas that are plain.
The creaminess, the cheese, the peas and the bacon combined with the diced red onion, give this Pea Salad the best combinations of flavors in one dish.
This dish does make it easy to vary the ingredients a little, but to change them too much is likely to change the taste of the Creamy Pea Salad drastically.
What do you need to make Creamy Pea Salad
- 32 ounces green peas, frozen, then thawed and drained
- 1 cup Cheddar Cheese, diced
- 1 cup Mozzarella Cheese, diced
- ¼ cup red onion diced well
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 8 ounces bacon, cooked, drained and crumbled
- Salt and pepper to taste
How to make Creamy Pea Salad
FIRST STEP:
In a large bowl add the thawed peas
Crumble the cooked bacon over the peas
Dice the Cheddar Cheese and the Mozzarella Cheese and place into the bowl
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SECOND STEP:
Dice the red onion and place into the bowl with the other ingredients
Sprinkle with the salt and pepper if desired
Add in the mayonnaise
THIRD STEP:
Stir all together and place into the refrigerator
Let chill before serving
YAY!
Enjoy!