MASHED POTATO SALAD

In my time I have made many different types of potato salads. The old stand-by of boiled potatoes paired with mayonnaise, mustard, onions, pickles and boiled eggs...New potatoes with bacon, cheese, and Ranch dressing...Mustard potato salad which was my Aunt Nan's recipe that I have never been able to make taste like hers...that is just to name a few, but recently I ran up on this version in an old church cookbook and made a run of it and my husband Larry has given it his highest rating. It is delicious. Creamy..dreamy..and tasty as all get out...

Prepare a pot of mashed potatoes just like you always do adding milk, butter, salt and pepper. Add to this several globs of mayonnaise and  a healthy squirt of mustard. Chop up a dill pickle (or whatever pickle you have or like), some sweet onion, about 4 hot boiled eggs, and more salt and pepper to taste. Chill well in the fridge or just dig right in...

"I never met a potato salad that I did not like."~Adele Forbes

SOUTH-OF-THE-BORDER POTATO SALAD

Potato salad gets a new spin on how things are done when tomatoes, green and purple onions, cilantro, and green chiles are added to the mix along with a lime juice and Dijon mustard dressing. Imagine.....

1 3/4 lbs. new potatoes, unpeeled
1 large tomato, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup each of purple onion, green onion and chopped fresh cilantro
1/4 cup canned chopped green chiles
2 cups mayonnaise
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
Garnishes: chopped tomato, chopped green onions

Cook potatoes in boiling water, to cover 20 minutes or until tender; drain and let cool slightly. Cut into 1/2-inch pieces.

Combine potato, tomato and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl; toss gently. Combine mayonnaise and next 4 ingredients; stir well. Pour dressing oiver potato mixture; toss. Cover and chill thoroughly. Garnish to serve.
Yield: 12 servings

"South of the Border, West of the Sun
In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment."~Accidental Fame Junkie