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RECIPE: Red, White & Blue Potato Salad

June 30, 2011 at 7:28 am · Filed under July 4th/Independence Day, Recipes, Vegetables-Salads-Herbs

Potato salad is almost imperative at a Memorial Day or Independence Day celebration. With this recipe from Frieda’s Produce, you can make yours red, white and blue.

If you can, prepare the potato salad a day in advance, the flavors will have more time to blend.

RECIPE: POTATO SALAD FOR MEMORIAL DAY & INDEPENDENCE DAY

Ingredients For 6 To 8 Cups

2 pounds mixed potatoes: red jacket, yellow jacket and purple; leave skins on

3/4 cup chopped green onions (scallions), divided

1 pint red grape tomatoes, whole or halved

2/3 cup sour cream

1/3 cup mayonnaise

3 tablespoons white wine vinegar

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1-1/2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon celery seed (optional)

1/2 teaspoon fresh-ground pepper

3 ounces crumbled blue cheese

Garnish: 2-3 ounces crumbled blue cheese

Preparation

1. PLACE the potatoes in a large pot and add enough salted water to cover. Bring to a boil and simmer until fork tender, about 15 minutes. Drain the potatoes and cool. While the potatoes cool…

2. PREPARE the dressing. In a medium bowl, blend half of the green onions with the sour cream, mayonnaise, white wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper. Cover and chill.

[1] Add red-jacket potatoes for a red, white and blue potato salad (photo © Svetlana Kolpakova | Dreamstime).

[2] Grape and pear tomatoes. Grape tomatoes are oval like grapes, pear tomatoes are curved like pears. Both are smaller than cherry tomatoes (photo © Lucky Tomatoes).

3. SLICE the cooled potatoes into chunky quarters and place them in a large bowl, along with the grape tomatoes. Add the chilled dressing, blue cheese and remaining green onions; toss gently to coat pieces. Cover and chill for at least two hours, or up to one day. The flavors will continue to blend as the salad chills. When ready to serve…

4. GARNISH the bowl with additional blue cheese, as desired.

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