Recipe #36: Amazing Potato Salad

My mother in law always gets compliments on her delicious potato salad. People say that they hate potato salad, but that they love her recipe. I figured that I better post that one up here, since I am focusing on family recipes.

She made it for my kid’s birthday party. It was a huge hit. Great for parties, potlucks, or at home dinners. It’s pretty easy to make, and doesn’t take many ingredients.

Here is what you need

Here is what you do

• Peel and dice potatoes. I used about 5 medium sized russet potatoes and it made enough salad for six people. Put them in a pot with water to boil

This is how small I cut them. I should have cut them smaller.

• Hard boil eggs. I used six.
• Once the eggs are boiled, peel them and cut them and put them in a bowl.
• When the potatoes have boiled for about 15-20 minutes, get them out of the water and into the bowl with the hard boiled eggs
• put three big tablespoons full of mayonnaise in the bowl. Sorry this isn’t exact, you kind of just have to put it in until it looks good. I did four spoonfuls and it was too much.
• Squirt on a little bit of mustard. I don’t like to put on a lot of mustard, but some people like a lot of it.
• sprinkle the salad with lemon pepper, garlic salt, and oregano. Don’t go overboard, especially with the lemon pepper. But don’t skip any of these, either. They are all important.

 

• Mix everything up. I had to use a pastry cutter to cut the potatoes a little smaller.

Put the salad in the fridge to cool down. I don’t like it at all when it’s warm, so I like to leave it in the fridge for a few hours at the least.