📋 Healthy Potato Salad Recipe

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📋 Healthy Potato Salad Recipe

This Healthy Potato Salad is easy to make and chock-full of healthy ingredients like potatoes, eggs and vegetables. It's made with light/low-fat mayonnaise to lower the calories, low-fat and Weight Watchers friendly!

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine American, Canadian, North American

Keyword classic, healthy, low-fat, potato salad, weight watchers

Special Diet Vegetarian, weight watchers

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

chilling 1 30

Total Time 2

Servings servings

Calories 321kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

8 large red potatoes peeled and diced into approx 1 inch cubes
6 large eggs, hard-boiled
4 whole green onions, chopped
6 whole radishes, chopped
4 tablespoon pickle juice *from jar of pickles
1 cup mayonnaise * I use Hellman's ½ the fat
¾ teaspoon salt

Garnish

2 radishes
2 eggs

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Instructions

Peel and cut potatoes into bite size pieces.
8 large red potatoes
Place the diced potatoes in a large stockpot and add enough water so that the potatoes are covered by at least 2 inches. Cook over medium-high heat until the water reaches a boil.
6 large eggs, hard-boiled
Then reduce heat to medium to maintain the simmer, and continue cooking the potatoes for 5-8 minutes or until the potatoes pierce easily with a fork. Drain water from potatoes through a colander and cool. I chill them in the refrigerator for about 20- 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, hard-boil eggs (or do this the night before and keep in cold water in the fridge overnight.
Put 6 eggs in medium pot with cold water covering eggs. Bring to a boil on high, then turn down to medium low and simmer for 15 minutes uncovered.
Pour out hot water and fill pot with cold water. Allow to sit in cold water for 15 minutes before peeling. Chill in fridge with potatoes for at least 20-30 minutes.
* I usually cook the potatoes and eggs the night before.
In a large bowl, gently mix eggs, potatoes, mayonnaise, radishes, green onion, pickle juice and salt together.
4 whole green onions, chopped, 6 whole radishes, chopped, 4 tablespoon pickle juice, 1 cup mayonnaise, ¾ teaspoon salt
Transfer the potato salad to a serving bowl, cover, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to fully chill. Serve chilled, or refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 2 days.

Garnish

Before serving, garnish with paprika by sprinkling and additional eggs and radishes, if desired.
2 radishes, 2 eggs

Notes

Expert Recipe Tips:

Don't overcook the eggs. if you want your homemade potato salad to look pretty, you need to make sure you don't overcook the eggs so you don't get that unattractive dark ring around the yolk. This can also be avoided by running cold water over the just-cooked eggs until they are completely cooled (see video below). Then refrigerate the eggs in their shells until you're ready to use them. Hard-cooked eggs in the shell can be refrigerated up to one week.

Use uniform potato cuts for even cooking. Cut the potatoes into evenly-sized cubes (about 1 inch) so they cook at the same rate and you avoid some being mushy while others are undercooked.

Add vegetables after chilling. To retain crunch and color, mix in delicate ingredients like radishes and green onions after the potatoes and eggs have cooled completely.

Taste after chilling. Cold dulls flavor. Always taste the potato salad after it’s fully chilled and adjust salt or pickle juice as needed before serving.

Use a silicone spatula for mixing. To avoid mashing the potatoes or overmixing, use a soft spatula and fold the ingredients together gently.

Customize texture. If you prefer a creamier salad, mash a few of the potato chunks before mixing them in. It adds body without needing more mayo.

Let it rest for best flavor. This salad is best when made at least a few hours in advance—or even the night before—as it allows the flavors to meld beautifully.

Garnish right before serving. Add sliced eggs, paprika, or fresh herbs like dill just before serving to keep garnishes looking fresh and vibrant.

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