Crowd-Pleasing Pea Salad

Ingredients

• 1/4 pound sharp Cheddar cheese
• 2 (15 ounce) cans sweet peas, drained
• 1/3 cup diced red onion
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise, or to taste
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Grate Cheddar cheese into a bowl and refrigerate while draining peas and dicing onion to keep cheese shreds from sticking together.

Mix cheese, peas, onion, mayonnaise, sugar, salt, and pepper together in a bowl.

Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour to overnight.