The potato salad is a staple of summer barbecues, picnics, lunches, and dinners. No matter where you end up this summer, we’re sure you’ll see containers of this succulent dish everywhere. Even though the base of a potato salad is normally potatoes, eggs, mayo, and mustard, there are so many other variations to keep your table full during the summertime. There are roasted potato salads, pickle potato salads, and even potato salads that don’t use mayo at all. You could even make all the recipes below and throw your own potato salad party! We could not think of any way better to spend the season.
Potato Salad Recipes for Summer
Potato Salad with Green Garlic & Sumac
Sometimes it’s just an extra ingredient or two that takes your potato salad over the top. The addition of green garlic, young garlic before the bulbs mature, and sumac plus a touch of pickle brine means a flavorful feast for your senses. It’s a way of upgrading your recipe without straying too far from the traditional.
The Best Potato Salad Ever
This is The Best Potato Salad Ever for a reason. Its perfect creaminess with an aioli type dressing, tender Yukon gold potatoes, and chunks of egg check all the boxes of what a potato salad should be. We recommend using local produce for this to really be The Best Potato Salad Ever.
Baked Parmesan Potato Salad
Usually you boil your potatoes and mash them with mayo for a potato salad but what if you baked their skins and filled them with a leafy salad instead? While this recipe is unconventional, the crisp potato shell with parmesan cheese and an avocado vinaigrette is pure summertime. It may just change your opinion on potato salad entirely.
Dill Pickle Potato Salad
If you’re a pickle lover, there’s no way you’ll want to pass up this tangy, briney Dill Pickle Potato Salad. This recipe has you roast then smash your potatoes for a bite that comes alive with the dill pickle dressing. Plus the chunks of pickles complete a satisfying texture in this recipe.
Roasted Potato Salad
Never tried a potato salad with a vinegar-based dressing instead of the usual mayonnaise? This version makes a great low sugar and low fat potato salad that’s lighter for the summertime. It also mixes delicately roasted potatoes with radishes, celery, red onion, and arugula.
Story by Kylie Thomas
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