Quick Potato Salad Recipe - Cooking Index
Quick Potato Salad Recipe - Cooking Index
Using tender baby potatoes speeds up cooking time for making this favorite picnic salad. If available, use baby Yukon Gold potatoes for their unusual color. Serve with warm baguettes or a rustic Italian country bread.
Courses: Salads, Vegetarian| 1 1/2 lbs | 681g / 24oz | Baby white potatoes - rinsed, quartered |
| 2 cups | 80g / 2.8oz | Baby spinach leaves - (tightly packed) - rinsed |
| 1 | Grape or cherry tomatoes - rinsed | |
| 4 | Eggs (large) | |
| Dressing | ||
| 1/2 cup | 73g / 2.6oz | Low-fat ricotta cheese |
| 1/2 cup | 118ml | Buttermilk |
| 1 tablespoon | 15ml | Grated horseradish |
| 1 tablespoon | 15ml | Minced shallots |
| 1 teaspoon | 5ml | Minced garlic |
| 3 tablespoons | 45ml | Mayonnaise |
| Herb seasoning salt - to taste |
Place potatoes in pot of water and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook, covered, until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and run under cold water. Set aside in colander and pat potatoes dry before using.
Meanwhile, cook eggs and drain, peel and set aside to cool.
To make dressing, beat together ricotta cheese, buttermilk, horseradish, shallots, garlic, mayonnaise and seasoning salt in small mixing bowl. Set aside.
Quarter cooked eggs. Combine cooled potatoes, spinach and tomatoes in salad bowl. Toss with dressing as needed and garnish salad with eggs.
This recipe yields 4 servings.
Per Serving: 350 Cal; 12g Prot; 8g Total Fat (1 Sat. Fat); 63g Carb.; 0mg Chol; 600mg Sod.; 9g Fiber.
Source:
Vegetarian Times, July 2002
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