Simple Potato Salad For Two Recipes

CREAMY POTATO SALAD FOR TWO

Steps:

• Place the potatoes in a microwave-safe bowl; add water. Cover and microwave on high for 4-5 minutes or until tender; drain and rinse in cold water., In a bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Add potatoes and gently toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate until chilled.

TWO-POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Fry the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp and browned. Transfer the bacon to a plate lined with paper towels. When cool crumble and set aside.
• Put the sweet potatoes and Yukon gold potatoes in 2 separate saucepans. Cover the potatoes with water (by 2-inches), add 1/2 teaspoon salt to each pot, and bring the pots to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat, and simmer the potatoes until they are just cooked through and tender. The sweet potatoes will cook in about 15 minutes, and the Yukon gold potatoes should be finished in about 12 minutes. Drain the potatoes, and allow them to cool.
• Combine the potatoes, scallions, celery, and serrano chiles in a large bowl. Add the mayonnaise, mustard, tarragon, salt and pepper, to taste. Toss to combine. Taste for seasoning, and add more salt or pepper, if needed. Toss the potato salad with the arugula, and serve on a large platter, garnished with the crumbled bacon.

POTATO SALAD FOR TWO PEOPLE

Steps:

• Wash potatoes and cook in microwave until just done, about 5 minutes. Put in ice water to stop cooking and to cool. While potatoes are cooling, combine hard boiled egg, mayonnaise and yellow mustard and blend with a fork until egg is minced, set aside. When potatoes are cool, prepare them as you wish, I do not peal but cut them into 1/2 squares or so, you could also slice or mash them. Place potatoes, celery, onion, sweet relish, and mayonnaise mixture into a serving bowl. Stir to combine. Taste and add more of any of the ingredients to suit your own taste. Garnish with Tumeric, Paprika, and dried chives, I like lots of Chives.

HOT GERMAN POTATO SALAD FOR TWO

Steps:

• Place the potatoes in a saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 25-30 minutes or until tender. Drain and rinse in cold water. Cut potatoes into 1/4-in. slices; set aside., In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp; using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels. Drain, reserving 2 teaspoons drippings. , In the drippings, saute the onion until tender. Stir in the flour, salt, celery seed and pepper until blended. Gradually add water, vinegar and sugar. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat to low. Add the potatoes and bacon; stir gently. Serve warm.

SIMPLE POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a small pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes; cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain and cool.
• Place eggs in a saucepan, and cover completely with cold water. Bring water to a boil. Cover, remove from heat, and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, and cool.
• Peel the eggs and cut around the egg white; keep the yolk whole.
• Dice the egg whites and potatoes. Combine in a mixing bowl and add the salad dressing.
• Toss the potatoes and egg; crumble the egg yolk on top and serve chilled.

POTATO SALAD FOR TWO

Steps:

• Boil potatoes until tender. Drain and cool.
• Roughly chop potatoes into chunks.
• Place potatoes in a bowl with all other ingredients, and stir gently until well combined.
• Season with salt and pepper if desired.

SIMPLE POTATO SALAD FOR TWO

Steps:

• Scrub the potatoes and place in water to cover. Bring to a boil and then cover the pan and lower heat to simmer for about 25 - 30 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender but not falling apart to the touch (but a little overcooked is better than having an uncooked spot in the middles). You can cool the potatoes some by putting them in cold water for about a minute or two.
• When potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut them into cubes or chunks or quarter slices and put them in a bowl.
• Sprinkle vinegar over potatoes.
• Dice up to of the eggs and add. Slice the third and reserve to make decoration for the top of the salad.
• Add onions, seasonings and the mayonnaise and stir until well incorporated.
• Decorate top of salad with reserved eggs.
• Chill to blend all flavors, but also tastes good slightly warm right after you make it!

HOT GERMAN POTATO SALAD FOR 2

Steps:

• Heat 1 inch of salted water (1/2 teaspoon salt to 1 cup water) to boiling.
• Add potatoes.
• Cover and heat to boiling; cook until tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Drain and set aside.
• In 8-inch skillet, fry bacon until crisp, remove and drain.
• In same skillet, cook and stir onion in bacon fat until tender.
• Stir in flour, sugar, salt, celery seed and pepper.
• Cook over low heat, stirring until mixture is bubbly.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in water and vinegar.
• Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Boil and stir 1 minute.
• Remove from heat.
• Crumble bacon into hot mixture, then slice warm potatoes into hot mixture.
• Cook until hot and bubbly, stirring lightly to coat potato slices.

WARM GERMAN POTATO SALAD FOR TWO

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon until crisp. With a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels. In the drippings, saute onion until tender. Stir in flour until blended. , Add the water, vinegar, sugar, parsley and salt. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, cook potatoes in a small amount of water until just tender, about 4 minutes; drain. Add the potatoes, pimientos and bacon to the sauce; toss gently to coat.