Best Ever Potato Salad
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
25
ingredients
- 10 lbs potatoes, cubed, boiled
- 1 cup oil (salad, canola, whatever you generally use)
- 3⁄4 cup vinegar
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon basil
- 1 tablespoon dry mustard
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups mayonnaise
- 12 eggs, hard boiled, chopped
- 2 green peppers, chopped
- 2 sweet red peppers, chopped
- 2 cups celery, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup milk
directions
- In a bowl, combine oil, vinegar, onion, salt, basil, mustard & pepper & mix well.
- When potatoes are tender, but not mushy, drain, place in large bowl & pour this marinade over them. Toss gently until absorbed.
- Gently stir in eggs & vegetables.
- Mix mayonnaise & milk together & fold into the potato mixture.
- Chill several hours before serving.
- Note: I cube my potatoes before they go into the pot to boil. They cook faster & I don't have to cube hot potatoes! Just watch them, because you don't want them mushy!
- "Cooking Time" is chilling time,.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DH of 32 years & I are (most of the time) empty nesters, with 2 DD & 2 DS (ages 29, 27, & twins 23). Have lived in the Sioux Falls, SD area since 1984.
As the oldest daughter of a working mom, having to get supper started was the beginning of my love of cooking. Learning & experimenting with what to "throw in" is half the fun, and anyone who says they can't cook is really saying they don't have the patience or interest (IMHO)! ;-) Using fresh produce from the garden is absolutely my favorite thing to do - winter in South Dakota can get loooong with "cardboard" produce from the grocer. Having grown up in the service, we were exposed to lots of different cultural foods. With a mom who also loved to cook, variety & trying new foods was a true treat!
DD (grrrl genius) joined RecipeZaar at the same time I did, and she'd like me to get *all* my recipes uploaded and use the site, rather than my sending paper copies. We'll see how quickly I accomplish that !