Pea Salad!

Hey y'all! :) I finally decided to start doing something with all of these vegetarian recipes that I come up with; posting them here for you! When I manage to get my happy ass in the kitchen and make something, it's usually either something I made up or a twist on something someone else has made. I've had a few final products that made me want to pull out my own tongue (too-garlicky salsa, anyone?), but for the most part, it ends up pretty darn good. So, if you're a vegetarian or you know one, perhaps these recipes will be helpful. So, why not start with pea salad?


I had actually never heard of pea salad, until someone mentioned it at one of my little potluck get-togethers. "Well, that sounds either really tasty or really disgusting," I thought, and promptly started searching the web to see what the hell pea salad is. After combing through many, many pea salad recipes, I came up with my own composite. I made it today for noshing on during college football (Fight On Trojans!!), and it came out pretty dang yummy. So, here goes:

Pea Salad

Ingredients:

1 bag of frozen peas, thawed
2/3 c. diced Velveeta (Yes, Velveeta...I didn't say it was a REFINED food blog...)

2/3 c. diced sharp cheddar

2/3 c. light mayo (I used Kraft)

1/2 of a medium red onion, diced small

1/3 c. Bac-Os (Yes, they are vegetarian; vegan actually!)

Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.


Directions:

Dump it all in a bowl and mix it up. If you can stand it, let it sit for a couple of hours in the fridge before serving. I ended up eating some right away though, and it was yummy!  As a matter of fact, I might have to go get some right now...

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