Healthy Potato Salad with Fresh Herbs

 This Healthy Potato Salad recipe with Fresh Herbs is creamy and delicious even though it’s made without mayonnaise. It’s gluten-free and vegan, it is a salad everyone can enjoy!

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Why This No Mayo Potato Salad Recipe Works

Unlike some potato salads that are drenched in mayonnaise, this healthy potato salad gets its flavor from fresh herbs and a zesty homemade vinaigrette which is soaked up by buttery Yukon gold potatoes. It’s slightly creamy, and a little bit salty thanks to the kalamata olives.

Once you have a bite of this, it will be  your new favorite potato salad recipe. It is healthy,full of fresh flavor and it’s an easy side dish that you can and should make ahead of time.

We love to serve potato salad on the weekends with grilled burgers, like this caramelized onion burger.

Healthy Potato Salad Ingredients

This is a versatile recipe, you can use any combination of fresh herbs that you like and change up the add-ins. The list below is a base list of ingredients that I always use when I make this salad. I have included other variations later in this post.

• Potatoes – The best type potatoes to use in potato salad recipe are yukon gold potatoes.  If they aren’t available, look for low starch potatoes such as red, new, or fingerling. Russet potatoes are not a good choice for potato salad, they contain too much starch and will fall apart.
• Onions – Vadalia or Spanish Onions add just the perfect flavor to homemade potato salad
• Celery
• Kalamata olives – without the pits
• Fresh Herbs such as basil, oregano, dill, parsley
• Apple Cider Vinegar
• Olive Oil
• Dijon Mustard

Healthy Potato Salad Recipe Steps

Please note that this a list of steps to give you an idea how to make this recipe. Full details are in the recipe card below.

1. Cut the potatoes in half  and place them into a saucepan, cover them with water and cook them over medium heat
2. While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the salad ingredients by chopping the onions, celery, olives and fresh herbs and add them to a large bowl
3. Mix up the dressing ingredients
4. Drain and Rinse the potatoes in cold water – once they are cool enough to handle cut them into chunks
5. Add the potatoes to the bowl with the salad ingredients
6. Pour half of the dressing over the salad and gently stir and refrigerate for at least an hour.  During this time most of the dressing will be absorbed by the potatoes the reserved dressing is poured over just before serving for a flavorful,creamy, and healthy potato salad

Total Estimated Time to Make this Recipe:  30 to 40 minutes

Recipe Tips

• Be sure that the potato halves are similar in size before cooking them so that they will cook evenly, you may need to cut some of them into quarters or thirds for large potatoes.
• Leave the skin on the potatoes for extra fiber and vitamins.
• Mix the ingredients for the salad in a large bowl which will make it easy to make sure all of the ingredients are covered with the dressing.  This is my favorite stainless steel bowl for mixing salads.
• Healthy potato salad with fresh herbs can be made a day ahead of time.  Combine all of the ingredient and use only of the dressing and adding the remainder just before serving.

Recipe Variations

• Change up the herbs.  Add any combination of herbs such as, basil, oregano, parsley, tarragon, thyme, dill, as  long as it is 1/4 cup in total.
• Add in any combination of these: one chopped hard-boiled egg, 2 slices of crumbled bacon, 1/4 cup feta cheese, 1 tablespoon sweet or dill relish, 2 tablespoons chopped dill or sweet pickles.
• If you really can’t live without mayonnaise in your potato salad, add a tablespoon or two.

Not a fan of Mayo? Check out these no mayo recipes

• No- Mayo Coleslaw
• Easy No-Mayo Deviled Eggs
• Greek Pasta Salad

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