Potato Salad
Greetings Flex Your Food readers!! My name is Stephanie from Eat. Drink. Love.. I am so excited to have the opportunity to share one of my recipes with you all! I was so happy when Tessa asked me to be a guest poster as this is my first guest post! I have always loved all of Tessa’s recipes, but what I have always admired is the mission statement of her website which is to eat clean and healthy and to eat less meat. While I enjoy eating meat regularly, I try to eat meat-free at least two days a week. I’m also a firm believer that food doesn’t have to have a million ingredients to taste good. Today, I am sharing my dad’s recipe for potato salad. I love this potato salad because it’s easy to make, has simple ingredients, and it’s not drowning in mayo (something I really hate!). I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as my family does!
Serves: 8-10
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 3½ hours
Ingredients:
- 3½ lbs/1.5 kg Idaho potatoes, peeled
- 1 c diced celery
- 1 c diced green pepper
- ½ c mayonnaise
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 4 hard-boiled eggs
- ½ tsp paprika
*Notes: To this day, I still have a hard time with over-cooking my potatoes. You want them to be fork tender, but you don’t want to overcook them to the point where they fall apart when you put a fork in them.
Method:
- Dice peeled potatoes into bite-sized cubes. Put into large sauce pan and bring to a boil. Cook for approximately 10 minutes* on medium heat. Drain cooked potatoes in a colander and let cool.
- In a large bowl, add potatoes, celery, green pepper, mayonnaise, and salt and pepper. Mix together.
- Slice hard-boiled eggs and place over the top of salad. Sprinkle with paprika. (This is really for presentation-sake. You can mix the eggs and paprika in with the rest of the potato salad if you would rather! That is usually what happens once we all dig in anyway!).
- Refrigerate potato salad for at least 2 hours before serving.
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How much fun to post your dad’s potato salad! :) Hey, come check out my giveaway! And good luck! http://cookincowgirl.blogspot.com/2011/12/cookin-cowgirls-favorite-things.html
Great guest post! :) Since I’m German, potato salad is a staple for me, and your recipe sounds wonderful!
You’re right! Love that it’s not drowning in mayo. YUM!!
Me too! It’s the worst when you hope for something like this (yum!!) and get something that’s 80% mayonnaise (yuck!!). :)
Thanks so much for letting me be a guest poster today! I hope everyone enjoys my potato salad recipe!
Thank you for accepting! Love this recipe and I cannot wait to try it. :)
Sometimes the best dishes are the ones with just a few ingredients. Like you, I am not into a drippy potato salad. This one does look tasty, thanks for sharing your dads recipe. Yum!
What a great guest post! Looks like a great potato salad recipe!