Wednesdays Unplugged – Tene’s Potato Salad

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~ Marcel Proust

NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It’s my day to stay home, enjoy cooking and welcome our kids and grandkids for dinner in the evening. We end our meal with quotes from the Norwegian ‘Quote Cup’ passed on to me from my grandmother. I share a quote and a recipe here each week, along with an update and photos of what has been going on in our lives. I love trying new recipes…and love getting recipes you would like to share!

2021-04-07-easter

We were blessed with a gorgeous Easter weekend this year! It was the first time our family gathered together at the same time this year and we loved it… even roasted Peeps over the fire!

RECIPE OF THE WEEK

Our daughter has talked about the food she has missed since we haven’t been gathering for dinner for the last year because of the pandemic… my potato salad was on the list so I made it for Easter.

I first published this recipe in 2008… here is what I said about it then…

This week’s recipe is one I have been throwing together for years and my family always asks for but I never had a recipe. When I think of it, it reminds me of my Grandmother. I remember asking her for her lefse recipe. She said she didn’t have one, just mixed and added ingredients until it felt right. This one I just mix together until it tastes right.

I grew up on a North Dakota potato farm. I remember visitors always raving about the potatoes and the wonderful black dirt but I could never figure out what all the fuss was about…we ate them every day, and wasn’t all dirt black? Now I realize that I grew up on some of the most fertile farmland in the world…the flat bottom of the former glacial Lake Agassiz…growing some of the best tasting potatoes in the world!

This recipe was developed to suit the tastes of my family, which doesn’t like ‘crunchy’ things in their potato salad and loves egg salad…it’s a blend of the two.

potato salad – tene

TENE’S POTATO SALAD

  • 5 pounds red potatoes, cooked and cut into pieces
  • 1 dozen hard boiled eggs, cut into pieces (I use an egg slicer – first slice one way, then the other)

Combine the following (adjust to taste) and mix together with the potatoes and eggs.

  • 1 1/4 cup Miracle Whip
  • 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 1/3 cup Hidden Valley ranch dressing
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

 

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