Who doesn't love a simple potato salad? In fact, what is there not to love? Creamy and comforting, warm or cold, it's as delicious as it is versatile. This simple vegan potato salad is one of my favourite things to eat at any time of the year!
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If you're watching your weight, then you'll be pleased to know that adding the veganaise to the potatoes while they are still warm means they will absorb more of the flavour and creaminess, so you can use a bit less mayo than you might normally... ergo, fewer calories.
Who says that losing weight means boring food?
Ingredients for vegan potato salad
This recipe only requires a handful of basic ingredients:
- waxy potatoes
- veganaise
- red onion
- smoked paprika
- sea salt
How to make potato salad
- Wash the potatoes - no need to peel - then cut into bite-sized pieces.
- Cook in boiling water for 15 mins or so, until soft.
- Peel and finely dice or chop the onion.
- Drain the potatoes, place into a large bowl, and mix in the vegan mayo. Make sure every chunk is coated.
- Stir in most of the onion, reserving a little for the garnish.
- Sprinkle over some smoked paprika and the remaining onion, and leave to cool.
- You can either serve this potato salad warm, or leave it to go cold first.
Tips and notes
- You need to cook the potatoes until they are soft enough to stick a fork in... but not so soft they fall apart!
- This potato salad will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days.
- While this potato salad is not suitable for freezing, it can be made into fantastic roast potatoes!
Variations
For variety, you could use sliced spring onion, white onion, or shallots instead of red onion (or as well as - hey, live a little!). Why not chuck in some chives too, while you're at it? You could also add edible flowers (chive, rocket, nasturtium, etc.) - I'm particularly fond of these because they add such colour (and taste good too).
Sadly, because we're currently living in a flat, I no longer have a garden, so I can't grow edible flowers any more. Occasionally however, we do visit places where I find things growing wild, which - ahem - may end up in a meal or two. For example, these wild rocket flowers I found in Greece...
Click the links on the pics for more vegan salads!
You'll love my simple vegan potato salad
Because it's...
- creamy and comforting
- quick and easy to make
- free from gluten, soy, and nuts
- customisable
- equally great when eaten warm or cold
- easy to make leftovers into amazing roasties!
- really delicious (of course!)
Serve this potato salad with lots of green leaves, some kind of protein, and a few baby plum tomatoes, sprinkle some seeds over the top, and voilà - a perfect quick and easy salad for even the busiest of days!
Enjoy!
What do you eat potato salad with?
📖 Recipe
Simple Vegan Potato Salad
Ingredients
- 750 g waxy potatoes washed, with skin kept on
- 4 tablespoon vegan mayo
- 30 g red onion finely chopped
- dash smoked paprika
- dash coarse sea salt
Instructions
- If the potatoes are on the large side, cut into bite-sized chunks, and boil in unsalted water for around 15-20 mins, until fork tender.
- Once cooked, drain and place in a large mixing bowl, along with the vegan mayo.
- Gently mix together so that each piece of potato is coated in mayo.
- Add most of the onion, and gently mix in.
- Sprinkle over the remaining onion, a little smoked paprika, and sea salt. Enjoy warm, or leave to cool.
- 1 cup = US cup = 240 ml
- 1 tablespoon = US/UK = 15 ml
- 1 fl oz = US = 30 ml
Hanne
Hey Chica! Roasting leftover potato salad? Whoa! I love that idea. This looks so creamy. I could eat the whole bowlful of this creamy potato goodness. Really your neighbor tattled on you about window boxes? A children in America used to say : Tattle tail, tattle tail
: : Swinging on a cow's tail
: : When you need a cup of tea
: : You can have a drink of p**
Nico
Ha ha ha, over here we have, "Liar, liar, pants on fire!"... which I believe is a parody of William Blake's The Liar;
"Deceiver, dissembler
Your trousers are alight
From what pole or gallows
Shall they dangle in the night?"
The more you know! xx