green pea salad
I once had Green Pea Salad at a restaurant and loved it. I fiddled around at home until I got it just the way I liked it and I hope you like it too!
prep time
25 Min
cook time
method
No-Cook or Other
yield
8-10 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 20 ounces frozen green peas, thawed & rinsed
- 1 - jar diced pickled beets
- 1 - 4 oz. jar diced pimentos
- 8 - hard boiled eggs
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/2 - medium cucumber, sliced/diced small
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mild cheddar (or sharp, your choice)
- 1 - small onion, diced very small
- 3/4 cup mayonaise
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 - rounded tbsp. sweet pickle relish
- - beet juice from the jar of pickled beets, to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1-2 tablespoon yellow mustard
How To Make green pea salad
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Step 1Thaw and rinse frozen peas. Add pickled beets to taste. Add diced pimento, hard boiled eggs (cut up and use half the yolks, too), sunflower seeds, cucumber, cheese and onion. Mix together.
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Step 2You may want to play around with the dressing according to your own taste. With a metal whip, mix all ingredients for dressing; mayo, yellow mustard, apple cider vinegar, sweet pickle relish, salt and pepper.
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Step 3Whip dressing ingredients well and pour over pea mixture. Mix everything gently and thoroughly. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. Better served after it's been in the fridge overnight.
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Category:
Vegetables
Category:
Other Salads
Tag:
#Quick & Easy
Ingredient:
Vegetable
Method:
No-Cook or Other
Culture:
American
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