This creamy potato salad recipe is perfect served cold on a summer day and its healthy ingredients make it a hearty side dish that will satisfy even the fussiest of eaters. The potato salad recipe is a classic recipe from the New World that is now enjoyed around the world.

What Type Of Potato

Although any type of potato will taste fine in your potato salad recipe, some people prefer the waxier gold, yellow and red potatoes because they can be handled much more than the drier Russets that can fall apart if they are handled too much. If you do not have the waxy potatoes, do not worry about it because your Russet potatoes or other mealier potatoes will be just fine.

Preparing Your Potatoes

When you are preparing your potatoes for a potato salad recipe, there are a few ways that you can tackle this part of the job. You can cook the potatoes whole in their skin, cool them and peel the skin off or you can scrub the potatoes and boil them with their skins on with the intention of making your potato salad with potatoes with the skin.

A third way is to peel the potatoes, cut them into bite size pieces and then boil them. However, you choose to cook your potatoes, as soon as the potatoes are tender, drain them. The potatoes will continue to cook until they cool so do not let them get too soft before draining them or your potato salad could be mushy.

Salad Ingredients

8 - 10 potatoes, cooked, cut into bite size pieces

1 large tomato, diced

1 cucumber, diced

3 large green onions, finely chopped

2 ribs celery, diced

2 - 3 hard boiled eggs, chopped

1 green pepper, finely chopped

Salad Dressing Ingredients

1 cup mayonnaise

1-teaspoon mustard

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Boil, drain and cool your potatoes. Cut into bite size pieces and put into a large bowl. Add your chopped vegetables and eggs.

2. Blend the ingredients of your salad dressing and when it is mixed well, pour the salad dressing over your salad ingredients.

3. You can serve this immediately or you can chill for a few hours or overnight before you serve your potato salad.

It is easy to customize your potato salad recipe with your favorite ingredients such as chives, basil, parsley and carrots. You can also create a spicier potato salad by adding salsa, chili peppers and garlic. You can use this basic potato salad recipe just as it is because this is a delicious potato salad that will be a hit with your company.