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Pesto Potato Salad Recipe


Pesto Potato Salad Recipe
tired of the same salads? Treat your familyto this new twist on an old favorite.

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Ingredients
  • 6 large potatoes, quartered, cooked, and drained
  • 4 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
  • 3/4 cup chopped celery
  • 1/3 cup pitted chopped black olives
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup pesto, prepackaged or homemade*
  • 2 Tbs. perpared mustard
  • salt and freshly grated pepper; to taste
  • 4 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
  • 1 small red onion, thinly sliced

Directions
  1. Peel and dice potatoes and combine with eggs, celery, and olive. In another bowl, mix together mayonnaise, pesto, and mustard. Pour dressing over salad and toss gently until well blended. Salt and pepper to taste. Arrange crumbled bacon and onion rings on top.
  2. *Pesto: Blend together at high speed 2 packed cups fresh basil leaves, 1 to 2 large cloves gaclic, 2 Tbs. grated Parmesan cheese, 1/2 cup olive oil. When thoroughly blended, add 1/4 cup pine nuts and blend for 15 seconds more.

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Comments


I bet this is wonderful !!!! Thanks for the heads-up,pudg !


Yum, yum and yum I love pesto.


I love pesto - this is a great post!


Oh yummmm, I love all the ingredients... tomorrow I'll make it... thanks!


Sounds great, thanks for sending it to me!!!


This sounds great.... Id have to leave the pesto out for hubby.... but I could make me some with it.... This is a great post...


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