Recipe - Lauren's Potato Salad

Lauren’s Potato Salad - to serve 10-15 people

 

(Giving kuddos to my friend, Lauren, who shared this recipe - it’s a family recipe handed down generation to generation)

 

Ingredients

 

5 pounds of russet potatoes (I went over 5 pounds, which ended up being a good thing)

9 hard boiled eggs 

1/2 green bell pepper (put this as a side to add, because a lot of people won’t eat it with the bell pepper- finely chopped)

1 small white onion - finely chopped

2 tbsp parsley flakes

1/8 tsp minced garlic or a few cloves finely chopped

6/8 ounces of dill relish

6 ounces of olive salad (okay, I didn’t add any olives and was good without this)

6-7 stalks of celery - not finely chopped

Lite sour cream

Lite mayo

1 tbsp of mustard

Garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper and paprika

 

Directions:

 

Get two pots of water going to boil  (And a third smaller pot of water boiling for eggs)

 

Peel the potatoes (this will take a while with 5 pounds, but it’s good to go more than 5 pounds, because there are pieces on the potato that are funky and you can cut those out.) Slice the potatoes into small pieces, so they boil faster.

 

For one pot of potatoes, you want to cook them until they are super soft, so that you can mush them.  For the second pot of potatoes, cook them until they are soft, but hold the shape.  Some people like all mushy potato salad, some like it with chunks of potatoes.  I like the mixture of both.

 

Boil the eggs

 

Chop the celery, pepper, onion, garlic - put in a large boil.

Once the potatoes are done, rinse them under cold water until they are cool to the touch.  Dry with paper towel

Mash them with a potato masher or fork.

Smoosh the eggs

Add potatoes and eggs to the bowl.

Add sour cream and mayo and mix

Add dry seasonings (garlic and onion powder and pepper and paprika)

Put a little in a bowl and taste for texture and seasoning

 

Clean the rim of the serving bowl, add paprika on the top and a touch of parsley to garnish

 

If you feel like you need to bulk up the potato salad, you can add more hard boiled eggs, more celery, more potatoes to meet the needs of the crowd

Note: For a regular family serving:  2 potatoes, 2 celery stalks and 2 boiled eggs