Wednesday, April 7, 2010

POTATO SALAD W/ BACON

Description
You won't get water logged potatoes with this recipe.

Ingredients
7 red potatoes - made in microwave according to the heating levels of your mic ( usually 5-6 minutes for each potato)
1/2 cup total of bell peppers, red, yellow, green
3 tablespoons sweet relish
1/2 tsp celery seed
1/2 cup shredded carrot
2 hard boiled eggs mashed
1/2 cup celery diced small
mayonnaise to desired texture
milk to loosen the mayonnaise
sugar to taste
squirt of deli mustard
6 strips of bacon fried crisp or imitation bacon bits
fresh parsley
paprika

Directions
Microwave your potatoes, slice them or cube them when cool, leave skins on, place in a big bowl. boil your eggs and mash them with a fork, add to bowl. Finely chop bell peppers and celery, add to bowl. Bake the bacon in the oven on a broiler pan to drain all grease. Crumble when cool and add to bowl. Add 3 heaping tablespoons of sweet relish, 1/2 tsp of celery seed to bowl. 1/2 cup of shredded carrot, add to bowl. Shake container of deli mustard and give it one squeeze into the bowl with the remaining ingredients. In a separate bowl add mayonnaise, some milk (mayonnaise and milk are not measured, use desired texture)and wisp until smooth. Add a little sugar, again to taste. Pour in small portions the mayonnaise mixture over the ingredients in the bowl until you get the desired texture you want. Mix thoroughly. garnish with fresh parsley sprigs and paprika. Preparation time 35 minutes including cooking time because while you are doing the microwaving of the potatoes, you can be boiling the eggs and baking the bacon, while you are chopping the vegetables and adding the other ingredients to the bowl, makes 6 servings.

Prep Time: 35 Min
Cook Time: 35 Min
Total Time: 1 Hr 10 Min
Servings: 6




















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