The Best Potato Salad Recipes – Where To Find
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When we think of summer, we think of picnics, barbeques and fun family times. One favorite summertime food is potato salad. It has been around forever, and everyone will swear that they have the one “true” recipe for making this hearty salad.
While everyone’s tastes are different, everyone can agree that a picnic without potato salad is like a trip to the beach without a Frisbee. With potatoes being the world’s leading vegetable crop, it is not surprising to learn that, on the average, one United States citizen consumes 140 pounds of potatoes in a single year.
You can believe that Americans are not indulging in just baked potatoes alone; they are enjoying the best potato salad by the ton!
Potato salad is a traditional favorite made in a variety of combinations from quick and easy recipes. There are lots of substitutions that can be made to the recipe that won’t take away from the taste at all, but add to it in a different way.
Common ingredients to most potato salad recipes are potatoes of course; eggs, onions, mayonnaise, vinegar, and mustard, but additions or substitutions like sweet relish, bacon bits, celery seed, kalamata olives, and other ingredients are also common. For hot versions of the recipe, like hot German potato salad, vinegar, water, flour, and bacon drippings are used to make the sauce instead of mayonnaise and mustard.
This recipe is a delicious favorite and complements brats, sausages, hamburgers, and anything else you are grilling.
There are numerous ways to make potato salad and thousands of recipes from which to choose. There are German, Italian, Caribbean Sweet, Deli and French versions all with their own special twist added to the recipe.
Resourceful individuals will be able to even find a recipe for Soul Food potato salad. All the best potato salad has one thing in common of course, the potatoes. Some prefer to use red bliss potatoes, while others prefer to use chopped up baking potatoes.
There are lots and lots of good potato salad recipes, and most of us have at least a couple in our compilation of cook books, but if you’re in the mood for something new, check out the web to try something different.
How about picnic potato salad or sour cream potato salad, maybe try it warm with green beans, or Hawaiian style with sweet potatoes. Caesar or Greek recipes are also popular variations. Cooking light magazine features healthy versions of a variety of best potato salad favorites on its website at www.cookinglight.com.
For more healthy recipes visit www.fatfree.com for fat free potato salad recipes and others great ideas if you want to cut more fat from your diet. If you are trying to cut down I would recommend making your own over purchasing deli potato salad by the pound.
There usually are not light versions, and you can control how much and what kind of fat when making your own and it will be better anyway! You can add the ingredients you want and leave out what you don’t. It will cost less too!
There are a variety of different ingredients that can be used when you are preparing a big bowl to take to a picnic or for a day at the beach. Some common ingredients are eggs, celery, onions and pickles. Some of the more unique items that have been thrown into potato salad are corn, bacon, apples, sour cream, green beans, garlic and sugar.
The consistency of it varies as well. It truly depends on individual taste but many people swear by chunky potato salad, where the boiled potatoes are chopped into bite size chunks.
Many gourmet restaurants and diners also serve a whipped version which can feature other vegetables as well as fragrant cheeses. Potato salad is enjoyed both hot as well as cold, and can be used as a side dish or enjoyed as a meal all by itself.
Some chefs prefer to dress up their potato salad a bit with garnishes. Commonly used garnishes include parsley, scallions and sliced cherry tomatoes.
If the idea of getting into the kitchen and concocting your own bowl of this favorite is a bit overwhelming luckily it isn’t hard to find store bought versions. Most grocery stores now have deli sections which feature an array of almost homemade salads. You can buy a tub of potato salad there and dress it up with a few sprigs of parsley.
No one will be the wiser that you didn’t spend hours making it. Your corner deli will also have a tasty version of potato salad for you to purchase.
No matter your preference: hot or cold, chunky or creamy, a tasty potato salad will always be a favorite among the masses. It makes a great side dish as well as a hearty midnight snack.
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Now that you’re almost finished reading this article, your taste buds should be tantalized and ready for you know what! You should also visit www.hungrymonster.com or www.southernfood.about.com/potatosalads/ for other classic potato salad recipes that everyone will love.
No picnic or other summer gathering is ever complete without this must have mouth watering dish.
Just picture it now, brown sugar baked beans, coleslaw, deviled eggs, corn on the cob, barbequed chicken, hot dogs, brats, hamburgers, and, yes, your favorite potato salad in the biggest bowl on the table, because it will be gone in no time! Enjoy!
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