Potato Salad Recipe Please!

[Fruitysunshine]

Hi there

Off to a friends at the weekend for a bbq and have been asked to bring along potato salad for her (I asked if she needed me to bring anything).

There will be a lot of people there so I would like a fab recipe on her behalf - any suggestions?

Thanks muchly!

no quantities, but mil makes a great one with plenty of Hellmans mayo, chopped up hard boiled eggs, spring onions, chopped celery.

no quantities, but mil makes a great one with plenty of Hellmans mayo, chopped up hard boiled eggs, spring onions, chopped celery.

I make an ametican one, boiled new potatoes, cut small, smothered in hellmans mayo, then stirred with dijon mustard and topped with cayenne pepper.
Its hot but everyone always comments on it at bbqs

New potatoes boiled, small amount of mayo, finely chopped sprng onion. It doesn't have to be gloopy.

Here's a thread from a while back that I have saved in my 'threads I'm watching'

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/recipes/952068-How-do-you-make-your-potato-salad

I've used quite a few of these variations and they are all delicious.

Hellmans, that grainy mustard (dijon?), finely chopped red onion and/or spring onion.

Just in time for some gorgeous Jersey Royals that are about now.

These are great, quick question can the onions/springs/chives/mustard elements be left out of the dish as none to the family will eat any of them?? Dagnabbit to them, as these all sound delish

Potatoes, mayo, finely chopped onion, roughly chopped gherkins, you can add toasted flaked almonds just before serving too (not in advance though or they go soggy).

Boil new potatoes, halved if too big, so that you have pieces about the size of a walnut.

When cooked, drain, and then dress with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. You can also stir in a tablespoon or so of mayonnaise just before serving.

If you dress them when they're hot, they absorb the flavours much more readily.

Also nice with a handful of chopped coriander - assuming the family will eat that!

OMG - these are fab recipes ladies!

Many thanks - seriously!

I was to discover that I posted almost exactly the same on the other linked thread!

Aren't they fab recipes? I really like hearing how other people add their twist to things.

What type of pots you use makes all the difference. I am potatoe queen and love them all and anyway possible except raw. But what type of potatoe you use for what mkaes huge difference.

So for pot salad I'd say Charlotte potatoes, charlotte potatoes, charlotte potatoes.

Whatever you do, cook them in advance, for about 20 mins from cold to boiled, check they slip off knife. Good advance dish for a party - lucky you.

My mum makes them with viagrette dressing with chives and sometimes shalotts and puts it on when they're still warm. Soaks up the dressing. Different but delicious and more slimming than mayo. Personally love the mayo based ones too tho.

Bookmarked this thread and links to digest as soon as DS in bed!