Crowd-Pleasing Pea Salad - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

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.