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Pam’s Potato Salad

You say potato and so do I!  Potato salad, that is.  And what a wonderful thing it is; a summer mainstay!

I know there are as many recipes for potato salad as there are potatoes and everyone has their favorite recipe for it, including me.  This is a pretty basic recipe filled with delicious potatoes, onions and sweet pickles.  I use Miracle Whip for the dressing because I love Miracle Whip.  As a kid, I ate a Miracle Whip sandwich after school.

Anyway, I added some celery seed and topped it with smoked paprika.  Ordinarily, I add sliced olives, just for Bill, but the olives in the refrigerator disappeared.  This house is seldom without a variety of olives and to Bill’s chagrin the potato salad didn’t get any this time.*

I’m just wondering if your potato salad has a secret ingredient ~ if so; please share it with us!

Potato Salad

Ingredients:

2 pounds red potatoes

1/3 cup red onion, chopped

8 (approximately) Mt. Olive sweet petite snack cruncher pickles, sliced

¾ cup Miracle Whip Salad Dressing

1 teaspoon prepared mustard

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon McCormick’s Seasoned Pepper

½ teaspoon celery seed

Smoked paprika, for garnish

Method:

Cook potatoes in boiling water until tender.

Drain well, let cool and refrigerate.

Dice cold potatoes into large bowl.

Add onions and pickles.

Stir in all remaining ingredients, except paprika.

Mix gently.

Place in serving bowl.

Garnish with paprika.

Refrigerate until well-chilled.

Serves 4

*Pam’s note:  I have a feeling the olives disappeared when Bubba and Matt were here!!!

Woo hoo!  Here’s to summertime!

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