Recipe: Pea Salad

Pea Salad | this heart of mine

For menu planning and recipe selection, I am one who is very affected by the temperatures outdoors. Hot and humid temps have me craving cold, little-to-no-cook-time items like the couscous salad, 4-layer pudding dessert, frozen fruit, lemonade slushies or ice cream (roasted raspberry crisp or macaroon ice cream sandwiches). A few weeks back we had cooler temps and I was ready to start making caramel apple cake, Nutella hot chocolate, creamy sausage and tomato pasta, hot pudding cakes or start baking bread daily, just to warm the house. It’s a little weird, I know. But it brings me to the pea salad. This salad, a mix of peas, cheddar cheese, hard-boiled eggs and celery, is the right kind of cool for a hot summer day. Minus the eggs, it requires no cooking at all. MJ and I have been binging on it for the past month, making double batch after double batch. So good!

Pea Salad | this heart of mine

I can remember the first time my mom encouraged me to try this salad. I pointed out that I didn’t like peas or mayonnaise and having them together didn’t make it better. She persisted and I’m glad she did. I still don’t care for (cooked) peas or mayonnaise but this salad is the exception. I don’t understand it either but the salad is good so I eat it. Try it on your next hot and sweaty day. It will definitely hit the spot.

Pea Salad | this heart of mine

Pea Salad

Ingredients

  • 10-oz package frozen peas
  • 1/2 cup+ diced cheddar cheese
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
  • 1/4 cup chopped celery
  • 2 Tbsp chopped onion
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp Tabasco sauce
  • 1/8 tsp pepper

Instructions

  1. Mix the peas, cheese, sliced eggs, celery and onion together.
  2. Combine the mayonnaise, salt, pepper and Tabasco.
  3. When you are ready to serve, stir the mayonnaise mixture into the pea mix and serve.
  4. Keep refrigerated.
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9 thoughts on “Recipe: Pea Salad

  1. I sure love peas! And with tobasco sauce in there too. This looks like a salad for me. So glad I came across your blog via Lovely Indeed! You have so much great stuff here! xx. McKenna Lou

  2. My great grandma used to make a similar salad for holidays. The exception, she used velveeta instead of cheddar. I think I will use the cheddar!!

  3. my sister in law makes a layered salad with peas, and this looks alot easier…question tho…do you cook the peas first?? Thanks

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