Sunday Family Dinner: Red White and Blue Potato Salad

Here is a great homemade potoato salad recipe that my mother in law made for us while we were visiting Colorado for the 4th! 

There are so many great flavors from the potato, egg and fresh veggies!

2 lbs potatoes (red, white and purple "blue")

1/4 cup diced sweet onion

2-3 celery sticks

1 can sliced ripe olives

1/2 green or red pepper

3 hard boiled eggs

2-3 spears of dill pickles

salt and pepper to taste

Dressing:

3/4 cup mayo

1 TBSP mustard

1 tsp dill seed or fresh dill

1/2 TBSP garlic powder or 2-3 garlic gloves

1 tsp parsley

1/8 cup juice from dill pickles

Serves: LOTS!!

Boil potatoes until tender or about 5 minutes less than fully cooked.

Combine sliced potatoes, eggs and veggies in a large bowl then grind fresh salt and pepper to taste on top before adding dressing

Serve immediately or make ahead of time and store covered in the refrigerator

I loved this potato salad and I hope you will too!

Till next time!

Laura

Sunday Family Dinner: Summer Curry Salad

Keeping with my theme of our meals staying on the "lighter" side, this Sunday I decided to try the recipe from Women's Health magazine called Summer Curry Salad. 

The recipe is full of healthy carbs and protein with the quinoa pasta, almonds and garbanzo beans and about 431 calories per serving (4 servings total).
I also love Indian flavors so the curry with the lime flavors was a great pairing. 

Finally a meal where adding chicken is not necessary. 

Till Next Time!

Laura

Sunday Family Dinner

Ive decided to start blogging about some of the yummy dinners we make. I'm a beginner cook, so this will help me stay motivated to cook and try new recipes. With this being the summer, I'm trying out a few lighter dishes. This recipe from Cooking Light is called the Corn and Summer Vegetable Saute

I changed it a little by using celery instead of okra and I added chicken, cumin and lime juice. Next time, I think I'll even add a little avocado before serving. I loved all the southwest flavors from the spices and vegetables and the spicy kick from the jalapeño.  

I also paired this dish with a sweet wine. I had a Muscat (my fav) on hand. 

Love this wine from the Eberle winery in Paso Robles. 

Hope you decide to give it a try!

Till Next Time! 

Laura