Today, my friend Chris came by for lunch. We are both teachers and it was our semi-annual swap of books and other classroom stuff.I made this potato salad using a Jamie Oliver recipe as a starting point. I used fingerling potatoes and green beans that I bought at the farmers market yesterday and I had some fresh plum tomatoes and scallions on hand. It's a nice change from the classic mayo-based potato salad.
Chris and I enjoyed this salad with pumpkin cranberry bread, brie and havarti with dill. It was really very good and I would definitely make it or a variation of it, again.
Nancy's Potato Salad
(based on Potato Salad with Smoked Salmon from Jamie Oliver's Jamie at Home (2007))
1 lb fingerling potatoes, cooked
2 handfuls fresh green beans, steamed (I used the leftovers from last night's dinner)
3 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
2 tablespoons capers
3 scallions, trimmed and chopped
1 lemon, zest and juice of half
1 tablespoon white balsamic vinegar (to replace red wine vinegar in original recipe)
1/4 cup olive oil (or to taste)
1 tablespoon mustard with horseradish (to replace grated fresh horseradish)
1 cube frozen chopped dill (to replace fresh dill)
* In a bowl, mix all ingredients together. Remember to season to taste with salt and pepper.
2 comments:
okay /...if jamie oliver is involved this needs a comment. hah!
actually just wanted to say that this looks like a very fun blog site, so thanks for telling me about it even though there is no promise of meeting jamie involved.
oh, and yes this looks tasty too. great photos too. oh too much too much.
Thanks Sue - it's fun to do and I'm realizing that it's a good place to record my recipes - instead of dog-earred pages in cookbooks and recipes written on the back of used envelopes.
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