Category Archives: Side Dish

Creole Potato Salad

This is in the top two potato salads I have ever eaten. SO good! That little bottle of creole mustard makes ALL the difference.

Ingredients:
2 lbs. new potatoes (peel on or off, your choice) scrubbed clean and cut into 1 to 2-inch chunks
6 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1/2 onion, chopped
2 celery stalks, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
2 T cider vinegar
1 tspn. sugar
1/2 cup Creole mustard
3/4 cup mayonnaise (more or less, however you like it)
Salt
Cajun seasoning, for garnish

Instructions:
Place potatoes in a large pot. Cover with cold water. If you need to hard boil the eggs, put those in there too and they can cook along with the potatoes. Bring to a boil, add about a tsp. of salt, reduce to a simmer and cover. Cook about ten minutes and drain in a colander.

While potatoes are boiling, mix the sugar, vinegar, mayo and mustard in with the celery, peppers and onion in a large bowl.

While the potatoes are still warm, gently mixing them in with the dressing allowing the potatoes to soak in some of the flavor from the seasonings better.

Gently fold the chopped hard-boiled eggs into the mixture until well combined. Put the potato salad in the frig to cool for about an hour before serving.

Serve chilled and garnish with paprika or Cajun seasoning.

We had this with Polenta-Crusted Baked Chicken and watermelon.

Did I change anything? I didn’t, but if I were to make it again (which I will because it was awesome) I would only make half as much. This was a good amount if you were going to a potluck or something, but for a family of four, it was a bit much.

What did the family think? Hubby and I thought it was DIVINE! Kids didn’t think do, but I knew that when I was making it. This potato salad has some serious flavor. Make it, your family will thank you.

from Simply Recipes

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Deli-style Pasta Salad

We love cheese tortellini around here…

Ingredients:
8 oz. cheese-filled tortellini
1 1/2 cups broccoli flowerets
1 carrot, thinly sliced
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
2 T olive oil
1 tspn. dried Italian seasoning
1 tspn. Dijon mustard
1/4 tspn black pepper
1/8 tspn garlic powder
1 bell pepper, chopped

Instructions:
In a large saucepan, cook pasta according to package directions omitting any oil or salt. Add broccoli and carrot the last three minutes of cooking. Rinse with cold water; drain again.

For dressing, is a separate bowl, whisk together vinegar, Italian seasoning, mustard, black pepper, and garlic powder.

In a large bowl, combine pasta, bell pepper and dressing. Toss gently to coat.

What did the family think? Hubby and I liked it. It’s a nice summer side salad. The boys liked the pasta part of the dish, but weren’t too keen on the dressing.

from grouprecipes.com

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Ranch Potato Salad

This was a hit at our 4th of July dinner…a little twist on the original and easy to make, too.

Ingredients:
7 small boiling potatoes
4 slices of crisp bacon, crumbled
3 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup red onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup celery, finely chopped
3/4 cup ranch dressing (more or less depending on how saucy you want it)

Instructions:
Place potatoes in a saucepan with enough water to cover the potatoes. Bring water to a boil and then reduce to a simmer and cook until potatoes are tender, about 15-20 minutes. Drain, let cool and then cut potatoes into bite-sized pieces.

In a large mixing bowl, combine potatoes with the remaining ingredients. Gently toss and place in frig for at least and hour or so.

What did the family think? Hubby and I really liked this with the ranch dressing. Yum! The boys aren’t big ranch dressing fans or potato fans so….

from ABC News

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Roasted Green Beans and Tomatoes

Holy schmoley these were good! We had these with hamburgers and watermelon tonight…a classic summertime dinner.

Ingredients:
1 lb. green beans, stem ends trimmed
1 pint cherry tomatoes
Extra Virgin Olive Oil, for drizzling
Salt and Pepper

Directions:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Put an empty rimmed baking sheet on an upper rack. (Not too high though.)

Coat the beans and tomatoes with the olive oil and season them with salt and pepper.

When the oven is ready, pour the beans and tomatoes on the hot baking sheet and roast for about 20 minutes, until tender and caramelized.

What did the family think? Vegetables were not meant to taste this good. Wow! How could something this easy taste so good? How? Hubby and I could not get enough of these. Our oldest said the green beans tasted like french fries and proceeded to eat them with his hands as if they were french fries. Youngest said he couldn’t eat them because he has two loose teeth and the green beans would hurt his teeth. Whatever.

from Rachel Ray

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