One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, Four

Two different potato salads, one pretty, one ugly, both tasty!
The new Daring Cooks challenge was a healthy potato salad.  In some ways, I thought that healthy potato salad was a bit of an oxymoron.  The best tasting ones, in my opinion, always have mayo, mustard and eggs.  My first go around was an attempt at combining a bunch of my favorite ingredients into one dish.  I think it worked out really well.  It tasted really good and was kind of pretty with orange sweet peppers, fresh baby spinach, red potatoes, fresh mint and no mayonnaise.  I used avocado as the fat to bind the whole thing together and it did a pretty fair impersonation of mayo but I think it tasted better.  


Minted Avocado Potato Salad     Print Recipe

1 lb red potatoes, about 8 medium sized 

1 avocado, mashed

3 ounces greek yogurt

1 heaping Tablespoon chives, minced

1 heaping Tablespoon fresh mint, chiffonade

Handful of fresh baby spinach, chiffonade

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon lemon juice

1/4 medium bell pepper, chopped (I used a red pepper)

1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper

 salt to taste

Cut the potatoes in half add to a pot of boiling water and cook till tender.  I steam my potatoes using a basket to retain some of what can be lost when boiled.  I do not peel the potatoes due to the nutritional value in the skin.  While the potatoes cook, peel and mash the avocado the combine with yogurt, chives, mint, spinach, garlic powder, lemon juice, lemon pepper bell pepper and salt to taste.  Drain potatoes and smash to partially break apart.  Pour avocado mixture over the potatoes and gently mix to coat. Allow the potato salad to sit covered for at least 30 minutes and up to overnight to allow the flavors to meld together.  Serve warm or cold. 

My next potato salad was the ugly duckling and not as healthy as the avocado version but was a hit at the homestead.

Black beans held it all together and the "all" was made up of shredded pork, corn, red pepper flakes, and chives.  I loved this but it could really use a stylist's help.  The little chive bits just seem to make the whole thing a bit more....ummmm......blecky looking!  Not everything can be a visual work of art but it lived up to its ugly duckling name and was beautiful tasting.

There ya go!  Daring Cooks challenge #3 complete.  Waiting for the next go around.  Thanks for the potato challenge!

Jami Sorrento was our June Daring Cooks hostess and she chose to challenge us to celebrate the humble spud by making a delicious and healthy potato salad. The Daring Cooks Potato Salad Challenge was sponsored by the nice people at the United States Potato Board, who awarded prizes to the top 3 most creative and healthy potato salads. A medium-size (5.3 ounce) potato has 110 calories, no fat, no cholesterol, no sodium and includes nearly half your daily value of vitamin C and has more potassium than a banana!




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