This post is sponsored by my friends at Libby’s. I received product and compensation, but all opinions are my own.
Nothing says summer like an outdoor BBQ with friends and family. But no one wants to get stuck in a hot kitchen prepping your side items! So grab some Libby’s® Vegetable Pouches to create delicious, quick nutritious vegetables in a flash and get back to enjoying time with family and friends. These pouches microwave in less than 60 seconds, meaning no pots, heating containers or lengthy prep time needed. But even better than that, this recipe doesn’t require you to turn on the oven or microwave at all!
That’s right, this recipe is as simple as cutting up an onion and some cheese and just stirring it all together. It doesn’t get much easier than that. Seriously. It takes the classic recipe and flips it right on its ear.
Now, I’ll admit, I’ve never been a huge sweet pea fan (I blame my great aunt for always making me eat them when I stayed with her), but I honestly love this salad. Even if you don’t love peas, you have to love bacon and cheese right? 
So when you crank up the grill this summer, add a few side dishes to the menu that are quick and easy. The less time you spend in the kitchen is more time you can spend with your family. And we all know that’s what it’s really about. Y’all enjoy!
Recipe Card
Bacon and Pea Summer Salad
Ingredients
- 3 (14-ounce) pouches Libby’s® Sweet Peas Vegetable Pouches, drained
- 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 (2.8-ounce) package crumbled cooked bacon ((about 2/3 cup))
- 1 (8-ounce) block colby jack cheese, cubed
- 2/3 cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the peas, onion, bacon, and cheese. In another smaller bow, whisk together the mayo, vinegar, and black pepper. Pour the dressing over the other ingredients and stir gently to coat. Serve immediately or store in the fridge for a few hours, if necessary.
* If nutritional values are provided, they are an estimate and will vary depending on the brands used. The values do not include optional ingredients or when ingredients are added to taste. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, I recommend grabbing your favorite brands and plugging those ingredients into an online nutritional calculator.
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Libby’s. The opinions and text are all mine.
Janet
I made this for church, and I loved it. I didn’t cook the peas, which I later decided you meant for them to be. I made it a day ahead, so I think it was ok.
No, there’s no need to cook them. Glad you enjoyed it!
Rebecca miller
These are all I could find other then the frozen one, will the can peas be to mushy
Canned peas will be softer than frozen peas.
Kimberly FOSTER
How many does this recipe serve?
About 6
Nancy Norris
instead of fresh onions 1/2 cup of French Fried Onions and about 4 oz diced mushrooms
Yum!!
Susan E Knell
Hi Stacey,
I’m getting ready to make the bacon and pea summer salad and couldn’t find the Libby’s sweet peas so I bought birdseye sweet peas. You said to drain the peas, but these are just frozen in the bag. Do you think those will work? Thanks!
Yes, but I’d recommend blanching and draining them first.
Linda Charles
Why do you need vinegar? I really don’t like vinegar.
The vinegar is to make the dressing. You won’t really taste it.
Joan in VA
Since you said in the comments above the recipe that you didn’t even have to turn on the microwave, I am guessing that the peas in the salad are raw. That doesn’t sound right to me. Please comment and let us (several above me had the same issue) know if the peas need to be cooked before making the salad.
The peas in the pouches are just like canned peas, they are already cooked. There’s no need to cook them again.
Stacy
Can you use canned peas
Sure!
Margaret Richardson
I love pea salad and this one looks delish,but am I seeing diced tomatoes or pimentoes not listed?
Margaret Richardson
Looking again,perhaps it is the bacon that fooled me and not tomatoes or pimentoes……
I think you’re seeing bacon.
Maria C Poroy
Thanks, Don I need to know too…if you microwave the peas? if this is a silly question, I,ve never had pea salad..
The peas in the pouches are just like canned peas, they are already cooked. There’s no need to cook them again.
Don Skutt
Do you have to cook the peas first.
The peas in the pouches are just like canned peas, they are already cooked. There’s no need to cook them again.
Linda C.
you had me at bacon….and then cheese! A story: I took my now husband “home” to Illinois to meet my family shortly after our engagement in the fall of 2016. Mom asked what he might like to eat and knowing how he loved the pea salad at a local restaurant suggested it. Mom makes her own yummy version of it. Well, my SIL wondered why my Bama Boy fiance got pea salad so quickly. She had been in the family for 25 years and no one ever made it for HER! It has been a running gag since.
That’s hilarious!!
Mary
Yum, I love a good pea salad and this one looks perfect! I haven’t seen those pouches yet.