Main Dish Potato Salad

Main Dish Potato Salad
  • Author: wozza12

This colorful and refreshing potato salad is filled with a variety of fresh veggies and dressed in a creamy yogurt-based sauce with a hint of tangy mustard and vinegar. Perfect for a summer picnic or barbecue, this salad is a delightful combination of flavors and textures that will surely impress your guests.

— Constant Cookbook

Ingredients

  • 1 pound tiny new potatoes
  • 8 ounces green beans
  • 2 ears corn
  • 8 ounces whole red, yellow or orange peppers, or 5 ounces chopped ready-cut peppers (1 1/4
  • peppers)
  • 3 ounces whole red onion or 2
  • ounces chopped ready-cut onion ( 1/3 cup)
  • 2/3 cup plain nonfat yogurt
  • 1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
  • 3 tablespoons white-wine vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper to taste.

Instructions

  • 1. Scrub potatoes, but do not peel. Cover with water, and boil in a covered pot 10 to 17 minutes, depending on their size. If you cannot find tiny new potatoes, use large ones and cut them up.
  • 2. Wash and trim the green beans, and steam for 5 to 7 minutes, until they are tender but still firm.
  • 3. Shuck corn, and scrape off kernels.
  • 4. Wash, trim and seed the whole peppers, and chop finely. Finely chop whole onion.
  • 5. In a serving bowl, combine the yogurt, mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper.
  • 6. Drain the green beans, reserving the cooking water, and run the beans under cold water.
  • 7. Cook the corn 1 or 2 minutes in the water the beans were steamed over.
  • 8. Cut the beans into 1-inch pieces, and add to the dressing with the peppers and onions. Drain the corn, and stir into dressing.
  • 9. When the potatoes are cooked, drain, run under cold water and slice thinly; stir into the salad.
  • Approximate nutritional analysis per serving: 530 calories, 12 grams fat, 1 milligram cholesterol, 570 milligrams sodium, 15 grams protein, 100 grams carbohydrate.
  • By MARIAN BURROS [NYTimes.com Published: August 27, 1997]

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Yield

Serves 2