Description

This pea salad is creamy and flavorful, with sweet peas, chopped bacon or ham, Cheddar cheese, green onions, mayonnaise and lots of wonderful seasonings. Serve it as a side dish at your next gathering or meal.

Ingredients

• 16 oz. frozen sweet peas, thawed (or canned peas)
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
• 4 - 6 bacon slices, crisply cooked, crumbled or 1 c. cooked, chopped ham, optional
• 1/2 c. chopped green onions
• 1 c. shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1/4 t. black pepper
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1/4 t. garlic powder
• 1/2 t. celery seeds or 1/2 c. chopped celery
• dash cayenne pepper
• 1/2 c. mayonnaise
• 1/2 c. sour cream

Steps

1. Salad:
2. In a large bowl, combine the thawed peas, hard-boiled eggs, bacon or ham, green onions, and Cheddar cheese.
3. Season with black pepper, salt, garlic powder, celery seeds (or chopped celery), and a sprinkle of cayenne pepper; stir well.