Potato salad doesn’t have to be just mayo and potatoes, try this whole new twist on traditional potato salad. This recipe calls for whole almonds, capers, mint, basil and other wonderful ingredients. It’s a nice side dish to grilled fish or chicken.
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients:

1/4 cup blanched whole almonds
1 pound Idaho potatoes, diced Ping-Pong ball size, scrubbed but not peeled
Salt
4 green onions, white parts and two thirds of the green parts, minced
4 teaspoons small capers, drained
16 large mint leaves, stacked, rolled like a cigar, and cut crosswise into thin strips
12 basil leaves, stacked, rolled like a cigar, and cut crosswise …read more

Are you looking for something a little more interesting than mashed or baked potatoes? Sometimes we get in a rut in cooking and don’t realize how easy it is to do something a little different.
Check out this recipe for Grilled Idaho Potato Ratatouille Salad, courtesy of the Idaho Potato Commission. Using tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and other vegetables, along with potatoes, this salad is both colorful and delicious.
Yields: 8 servings
Ingredients

2 pounds large Idaho potatoes
1 medium eggplant
1 medium zucchini
2 medium yellow squash
4 portobello mushrooms, stems removed
1 green bell pepper
1 red bell pepper
4 plum tomatoes, halved lengthwise
4 onions, peeled and halved from top …read more