This recipe was submitted by M.D. of Kelsey, who says, “I received this recipe from my aunt in Kansas. She makes it every summer and says that even those who claim they don’t care for sweet potatoes like this salad. It has such a nice combination of flavors!”
Three-Potato Salad
Ingredients
Serves 12 – 15
3 medium brown (russet) potatoes, peeled and cubed
3 medium unpeeled red potatoes, cubed
1 large sweet potato, peeled and cubed
1 medium onion, chopped
3 ribs celery, chopped
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon dill weed
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Directions
1. Place all of the potatoes in a Dutch oven or large pot. Cover with water. Leave pot covered and bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook for 20-30 minutes or until tender. Drain and cool.
2. Place potatoes in a large bowl; add onion and celery.
3. In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Pour over potato mixture and toss gently to coat4. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Questions for the cook
G.B. of Pilot Hill asks:
Q: How is German potato salad different from regular potato salad?
A: German potato salad is a bacon-studded potato salad, made with a dressing of bacon fat, cider vinegar or red wine vinegar, seasonings and some sugar. It can be served hot, cold or at room temperature.
Favorite additions include chopped onion, chopped celery and chopped green pepper or chopped sweet red pepper. Salt and pepper to taste. Some cooks like to add a small amount of caraway seeds.
Look in your favorite cookbook or online for a good recipe for this dish
A helpful hint
Facts on “sugar-free” labeling…
A “sugar-free” label means that the food has less than a half-gram of sugar per serving. A “no sugar added” claim means only that sugar wasn’t added in processing. But the food may not be sugar-free, and if its basic ingredients are high in sugars anyway, it could still pack a lot of calories.
Although a “sugar-free” mention on the label trumps “no sugar added” in guaranteeing a food without sugar, any sweet food making a lower-sugar or no-sugar claim could contain artificial sweeteners, such as Splenda-sweetened Smucker’s Sugar-Free Concord Grape Jam, for an example.
No matter what the front label claims, always check the “sugars” on the Nutrition Facts panel of the product. Every four grams of sugars listed is the equivalent of one teaspoon of table sugar. To protect one’s heart health, added sugars should be limited to six to nine teaspoons per day, according to the American Heart Association.
Check ingredients for artificial sweeteners you may not want. Watch for sugar alcohols, such as sorbitol, which may cause gastrointestinal distress. Also check for other unwanted sugary ingredients added such as those that end in “-ose,” which would be maltose, dextrose, or fructose. These are all forms of sugar, as is dehydrated cane juice, honey, concentrated fruit juice and corn syrup.
August 03, 2020 at 05:07PM
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