This easy pea salad has sweet, crunchy pieces of onions mixed with creamy bites of Cheddar cheese. Growing up, a friend of the family made us this pea salad that we love to this day. It's just standard stuff: peas, mayonnaise, egg, cheese, and onion. That's it!

Green Pea Salad With Cheddar Cheese

sweet peas, drained

eggs,

Cheddar cheese cubes

mayonnaise

½ cup onion, chopped

salt and black pepper

Mix sweet peas, eggs, Cheddar cheese cubes, mayonnaise, and onion together in a bowl until ingredients are coated in mayonnaise; season with salt and pepper.


Reminded me of my grandmas salad in Iowa many years ago.  I really think you need to use fresh or thawed frozen peas.  Canned are just too mushy for me.  Thanks for bringing back a great salad and a great memory!

I thought it was great! Adding the eggs even made it appealing to my younger children.  I was shocked that they liked it so much,  considering anything with peas is a kid repellant.  I used frozen peas due to the other reviews,  but didn't change anything else.  Great recipe.

Was out of mayo so made this with ranch dressing.  Think it gave it the oomph it needed.  Also added sweet pickles and garlic.  Next time might use Velveeta cubes instead of cheddar.  I am sure that was what my mom use to use.

07.01.17 ~ DELICIOUS!  Loved this salad.  I did use thawed frozen peas instead of canned.  I also had to use shredded cheese as that is what I had on hand.  I like that this recipe does not contain bacon.  I served this to company along with 'Slow Cooker Beer Pulled Pork' from AR, and veggies and dip.  My SIL LOVED the pea salad best!

I agree on using fresh or frozen peas. Otherwise made it as written and loved it!

I used frozen peas, thawed, shred the cheese, leave out the egg &amp; add peanuts! Great!

Yes, I added half a box of tricolor rotini and more mayo to blend it in. Salad was a cool, delicious vegetarian side dish at our bbq. Everybody loved it. Super easy to fix.

Just like Grandma's !  My sis-in-law who was on very tight budget made this for every holiday, I would call her to make sure she would bring it.  She added a couple dashes of dry mustard which really brought out all the flavors. Her bowl always went home empty. I,  add one shake of cayenne pepper for a small zing.  Nothing wrong with the basic recipe, you can just let it evolve over the years to your tastes.

I love it. I too used frozen peas but I boiled them for about 1 minute and ran cold water over them to speed up the thawing process.  They didn't get a mushy as canned but just a tad softer,

Couldn't wait for it to set for a couple of hours!  Very good!  I will definitely make this again.  

I used thawed frozen peas (about 12 ounces), red onions chopped very small, sharp cheddar chopped in tiny cubes, 3 large eggs, and miracle whip.

Because the Grands act as if I"m trying to poison them if they run across a raw piece of onion in their food I started substituting thinly sliced radish for the onion.  It does have an extra advantage of being really pretty in the bowl.

I added pimento.  It gives a little appetizing red color and extra flavor.

This recipe offers a good ratio of ingredients. To provide some kick, I added a bit of prepared horseradish after serving up.

Not bad. A very basic pea salad. I did use 16oz of frozen peas , not canned and some bacon bits.

No and yes I will make it again.  We loved it.

I'm not a fan of onions, salt and pepper. I subtracted those and added Mrs. Dash seasoning. Instead of the block cheese, I used the shredded. Huge hit! I read the nutritional information but it does say what size of serving it is, only that it serves 6. Any help on that part.

I made it without onions, and egg, and it was still wonderful!

I substituted 1/2 of the mayo for fat-free plain Greek yogurt and used frozen peas.  

I also added bacon bits.

Excellent, will definitely make again!

Add garlic salt, bacon bits, use frozen peas

The best. First time using eggs and it was very good

I will make this again and again. I made one adjustment to the recipe, I used frozen peas. Delicious. It was the perfect amount of mayo.

Another great recipe! My father was asking for this as a side at Easter. Used frozen peas and it was a huge hit. Adding to my rotation!

I make mine with no egg and use miracle whip instead of mayo. Let it set a few hours before serving. SO NOM.

I really like this pea salad. Simple and easy. Tastes good and an easy work lunch.

I used one 12 oz package of frozen peas, thawed, rinsed, and drained.  It was the perfect amount of peas in  relation to the other ingredients.

I substituted frozen peas for canned and omitted the boiled eggs. I was trying for my mother's pea salad that she just tossed together but never used a recipe. This was pretty close.

Love this simple quick and easy healthy salad. This recipe I learned from my German mother-in-law. The difference was she added a chopped super crisp red gala apple for sweetness. Leave the peeling on for health and color or off, your choice. Add chunks of cheddar cheese, celery, onion (red onion is perfect but white is good also), mayo but no eggs. Be sure and chill it as it is best cold!

green pea salad with cheddar cheese

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total: 10 minutes

Servings: 6

Cost: $2.95 /serving

Author : JessyTastic

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