Potato Salad Recipes to Make When You’re Sick of Potato Salad

Potato Salad Recipes ~ there’s a great one born every minute, so even if you’ve overdone it on the classic, there’s a wide world of variations guaranteed to renew your faith in this humble potluck staple. 

Potatoes might be the ultimate culinary canvas ~ whether waxy or starchy, red, white, or blue, they make the best base for summer potluck salads and do a great job of soaking up just about any flavor you can throw at them. Do yourself a favor and try a new potato salad recipe this summer ~ my favorites include everything from sunny Mediterranean flavors to downright irresistible sour cream and onion!

My tips for the best potato salads ~

• Whatever kind of dressing I’m using, creamy or not, I always like to slather my potatoes with some of it while they’re  still hot, that way they soak up all the flavors beautifully. I save the second half of my dressing for after they’ve chilled, so I get a nice thick coating on the finished salad.
• Pretty much any type of potato will work for a potato salad, but I tend to prefer small, waxy potatoes for their firm texture ~ they’re less likely to fall apart than their fluffier, starchier, russet cousins. Another bonus is that you don’t have to peel them. But that’s a matter of personal preference; if you love your potatoes to almost melt into the dressing, use russets (baking potatoes.)
• Generously salting your cooking water when you boil your potatoes results in good flavor through and through, just like pasta!
• Potatoes are by nature rather bland, so plan on helping them along with some strong flavors in your salad…think mustard, lemon, vinegar, fresh herbs, paprika, bacon, etc.

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Greek Lemon Potato Salad ~

Potato salads don’t have to be stodgy! This Mediterranean recipe is light, bright, and punchy with lemon juice and herby oregano. I love it with all kinds of grilled meat and fish.

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Sour Cream and Onion Potato Salad ~

Adding lightly crushed sour cream & onion chips to this potato salad (right before serving, so they don’t get soggy!) is genius and gives this potato chip inspired salad a super fun textural element.

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Mexican Street Corn Potato Salad ~

If you generally find potato salads to be a little bland, try my Mexican Street Corn potato salad, it’s bursting with vivid south of the border flavors like lime, cilantro, chipotle pepper and jalapeño.

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Deviled Egg Potato Salad ~

Could you devour a whole plate full of deviled eggs in one sitting? Me too. Let’s bring those irresistible flavors to a potato salad ~ people go wild for this one!

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New Potato Salad with Eggs and Mustard ~

A generous dose of fresh herbs and grainy mustard give this rustic potato salad plenty of personality, and the hearty boiled eggs make it almost a meal in itself.

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Dill Pickle Potato Salad ~

Pickle lovers rejoice ~ I’ve added diced pickles, fresh dill, and pickle juice to this creamy potato salad for blue ribbon flavor. Everyone is going to want the recipe.

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