Day 2 of the blogging marathon with theme “Summer Salads”. Potato salad is versatile and you can load it up with mayo, eggs, etc. or keep it simple. I have never bought mayo and was looking for recipes that do not use it. I stumbled upon this recipe and loved the ingredients used. I adapted it to suit my pantry and added my favorite ingredients like chickpeas. Also, I cooked the potatoes until they are just done and it can be changed according to taste. Recipe adapted largely from here. Off to the recipe.
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Healthy Potato Salad
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By Published: June 25, 2012
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
- Ready In: 30 mins
Potatoes cooked and tossed with onions, chickpeas, lemon juice and olive oil.
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups potatoes (about 11 small potatoes - chopped into bite size pieces)
- onions (about a handful sliced)
- chickpeas (garbanzo - about a handful and cooked)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- salt (to taste)
- pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Boil the chopped potatoes until they are fork tender. Keep aside.
- Mix olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add sliced onions to this mix.
- Add the onion mix and chickpeas to the cooked potatoes for a healthy salad.
Pictorial
Take chopped potatoes in a vessel and cook.
Potatoes are fork tender and ready. Remove from heat, strain and keep aside.
Mix olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Add sliced onions to this oil mix.
Take the cooked potatoes in a bowl.
Add the onion-oil mixture to it.
Add the chickpeas and toss it all together.
Healthy salad ready. Garnish with spring onions if needed.
Enjoy!
Very healthy and yummy salad.
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lovely bowl of salad there.. liked the lemony dressing.. Do you think baby potatoes could work or would they be too sweet ??
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Baby potatoes will be fine.
Very tempting salad!
Great looking salad! But less is more applies to this salad cause I get heartburn if I overly indulge root veggies.
Hey, I have the same plate from Pier1.
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so simple and easy….love the combintaion of pepper with lemon juice…will try this monsoon
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Nice and inviting salad,the first click is awesome…..
Very healthy n yummy salad…looks truly inviting!!
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wow awesome vardhini….very simple and healthy!
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I love this adaptation of the potato salad I made – chickpeas are a great way to add some protein!.
If I wer u..may b I would have added a pinch of salt to the boiling potatoes..but I like the flavorings..mild and simple..yet delicious.
Looks very nice Vardhini, will those huge chunks not taste bland though?
They were actually bite size pieces Valli except for a couple here and there and they did not taste bland.
what a healthy salad – without all the mayo usually in potato salad
Wow wat a healthy and inviting salad..simply loving it.
Wow! Delicious!
Looks delicious!!!!!