Slow Travel Sunday Salad Samplers # 17: Potato Salad

This week's Selection was made by Slow Traveler, Bugalu, Whistlestop Cafe Cooking. Bugalu provided two favorite recipes of hers and allowed us to choose. Since I have never had a Southern Potato Salad before I selected her first recipe. I used regular potatoes and followed her recipe exactly. I absolutely loved it! I really like the extra flavors brought on by the sweet relish, spicey mustard and sweet onions. Her recipe was so easy to make and I can totally see myself making this salad again.


Here is Bugalu's instructions to her very delicious recipe:

I know there are as many recipes for potato salad as there are kinds of potatoes. This is a recipe that is a combination of a southern potato salad and a German mustard potato salad. It is a favorite for us!

Southern Mustard Potato Salad Ingredients:

1-2 pounds potatoes
4-5 hard boiled eggs
1 sweet onion, diced
1/2 cup diced celery
1/4 cup pickle relish
3 Tbs spicy mustard
1/2 cup mayo

Clean potatoes then boil them whole. Once tender, 15-20 minutes, remove from heat and allow to cool. Dice onion and celery. Dice potatoes into large chunks. In another bowl whisk together mayo, mustard and pickle relish. Add kosher salt and fresh ground pepper to taste. Stir all ingredients together. Finally, peel and slice the hard boiled eggs and stir those in as well. Serve warm or cold.

Warm Potato Salad is another favorite potato salad and this one is from my cookbook:

1 pound red potatoes
4 green onions, chopped
1/4 cup non fat sour cream
2 Tbs vinegar
1 tsp cracked black pepper
1/4 tsp salt

Wash and cook potatoes whole until tender.Drain and allow to cool. In a large bowl, combine sour cream and vinegar. Slice the potatoes into thin slices. Combine all ingredients. Salt and Pepper to taste. Serve warm.