Potato Salad with Greek Yogurt is everything you about traditional potato salad in a skinny version! That’s right all the creamy gooness without the guilt!
Yeah!! Memorial Day is here. We are now onto the BBQ season!! I love to BBQ. Potato salad is a staple at BBQ’s. So I thought I would share one of my favorite potato salad recipes today.
My mom makes the best potato salad. However, she is one of those lucky few that can eat whatever she wants and not have to worry about it. Maybe that’s because she is in high speed all of the time. I remember when she came to visit me at college. We were walking across campus and I had to ask her to slow down. She acts like she is speed walking everywhere she goes. And she doesn’t quit doing this until she hits the pillow at night.
I decided to change her potato salad up just a little, to make it a little more healthy. Maybe I had to change it up because I’m not always in high speed. Greek yogurt lightens this salad up and still makes it taste great.
Peel and dice potatoes. Dice onion. Boil until tender. Drain and let cool. I like boiling the onion because it makes the flavor a little more mild. And that is good for my pansy onion hating children.
Pretend like there is a picture of hard boiled eggs here.
Hard boil eggs and let cool. Then peel and dice.
Mix together yogurt, mayo, and sour cream.
Add mustard, salt, pepper, celery seed and vinegar. Stir together until combined.
Dice celery and eggs.
Add eggs, celery and potatoes to sauce. Gently fold together. Potato salad is kind of tricky to get the perfect amount of sauce and seasonings for the amount of potatoes you have. And since potatoes vary in size it’s hard to say exactly how much of everything you will need. So adjust the seasonings if necessary. I love my salad salty and always add more. Nobody likes dry potato salad so add a little evaporated milk if it’s a little dry. Remember the salad will soak up some moisture as it sits. So it’s better to have it a little moist.
My mom garnished her potato salad like this. So that is what I do to. Slice eggs, use celery and sprinkle with black pepper and paprika.
You will love this potato salad. And your rearend will love you for using yogurt instead of all mayo. Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend.
P.S. Tell me which picture you think should be used as the feature picture. I’m having a hard time deciding how to put the name of the recipe on the pictures. I don’t want to distract from the food and I’m not sure which is the best way to add the wording. So let me know what you think. Thanks for your help!! You guys are the best!!
- 8 potatoes
- ½ small onion
- 6 hard boiled eggs
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 Tablespoons vinegar
- 4 Tablespoons yellow mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cracked pepper
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 2 ribs celery
- Paprika for garnish
- Peel and dice potatoes. Dice onion. Boil until tender. Drain and let cool to room temperature. I like to slightly smash a few of the potatoes. It just gives a substance to the creamy sauce in the salad.
- Mix mayo, mustard, yogurt, sour cream, vinegar and seasonings together.
- Add celery, eggs (reserve one for garnish), potatoes and onions to sauce. Gently stir to combine.
- Adjust seasonings to taste. I like my salad pretty salty and usually add more salt. If salad is too thick use a little evaporated milk to thin.
- Put in serving bowl. Sprinkle with paprika and pepper. Garnish with sliced eggs and celery if desired.
Elaine Duckett says
May 25, 2013 at 10:21 amThis is your Mom finally posting her comments on your blog about the potato salad. I loved all of it. Thanks for your kinds words, I really appreciate your thoughtfulness. I am so proud of you and what you are doing with your family. I do know that one of the ways you are sincerely spreading love to your family is through the thoughtful cooking you do everyday, and they will always be grateful to you and thank you for it.
Now that all six of you kids are gone and it is just Dad and I at home, I don’t run all day long like I used to when I was chasing all of you, so even I am going to start making it with some yogurt in it.
Loved the garnishment. It proves to me you were watching me all along, just like I hoped. I am waiting for the blog where you tell everyone “we eat with our eyes.” Maybe later huh.
I preferred the wording all long the bottom of the picture instead of in the circle, so that one gets me vote.
Thanks again for being so complementary to me. So proud of you and your family, and wish you the best with your blog. Keep going and good things will come your way.
Love Mom
Denise Berrett Routson says
May 28, 2013 at 2:26 pmAmy!! Pyper just did a post on Facebook about your yummy butterscotch bars! I love to cook and read recipe blogs. I will surely be reading yours now, I had no idea you had a recipe blog! How exciting I think most of the Berrett’s got the “always in 5th gear” gene 🙂 Grandma Berrett would be so proud that some of us are carrying on that trait! ha ha!! I’m excited to try some of your recipes! Do you do an RSS feed so I get e-mails when you post a new recipe?
Amy Engberson says
May 28, 2013 at 4:48 pmDenise, glad you found me. I haven’t been blogging for very long. It has been fun. I’m also addicted to reading food blogs. And now I am always on the look out for new recipes…so if you have some to share pass them my way!! I agree Grandma Berrett would be proud of us. We are all movers and shakers. I don’t have an RSS feed, but I need to get one set up. Only if I weren’t so computer illiterate. I will let you know when I do. Since we live close to each other we should get together and go out to dinner or something!!
Denise Berrett Routson says
May 29, 2013 at 1:46 pmAmy,
Thanks for the reply! Yes, I would love to get together! Nathan (my husband) ran into Andy the other day at Electrical Wholesale! How far do you live from Rexburg? We live in Lyman (the south side of Rexburg) and we’re adjusting! Nathan works for BYU-Idaho and I think I’m stuck here until I die…because Nathan LOVES his job! Yahoo! I always remind him that he owes me BIG for moving me to the windiest, coldest place on earth! From the sounds of it, you’re stuck here until you die too! I don’t enjoy reading, per say, but I love reading recipe blogs and recipe books (nope, that doesn’t mean I’m a good cook, but I do enjoy it!) There are a couple of food blogs that I enjoy reading (I signed up for their RSS feeds and get an e-mail every time they have a new post). The food blogs are both Mormon moms that love to cook, so their ingredients are generally family, Mormon friendly 🙂 The food blogs are melskitchencafe.com and Jamiecooksitup.net and ourbestbites.com. They have some good recipes. I’ll have to send you some of our favorite recipes! What’s your e-mail and I can send some of them to you?
Denise
p.s. You look AMAZING, especially for having 3 kids! We just have one 6 year-old boy and I’m starting to feel like age 32 is catching up with me, so I can totally relate with your bio!
Deborah Koziolek says
May 31, 2017 at 3:31 pmCan I omit the mayo altogether and just add in more yogurt or sour cream. I detest Mayo!
Amy Engberson says
June 9, 2017 at 9:02 amYou are a girl after my own heart! I can’t say I detest mayo but it’s not my favorite! You could experiment with substituting either sour cream or Greek yogurt for the mayo. I think it would work just fine and be heathier too!