Thursday, August 4, 2011

There is always room for improvement -- Potato Salad



Hello loyal follower(s)
Mr Nut’s potato salad is tasty and good, however It could be better calorie-wise.  In the August- September issue of Cook’s Country an attempt was made to make potato salad more healthful.  According to the article one cup of traditional potato salad has 380 calories and 30 grams fat with 4 grams saturated fat.  The author (Carolyn Purpura ) successfully replaced the sour cream and mayonnaise with healthier ingredients and still had a creamy potato salad.  The new numbers were 130 calories and 1 grams fat with 0 grams saturated fat. 
The key was in the dressing:  By using mashed potatoes with a little of the potato water and some Greek yogurt a “creamy” dressing was possible.  Mr Nut tried this approach with his potato salad recipe with great results.
Mr Nut went back to the blog of May 9, 2011 and revised the Mr Nut’s Potato Salad recipe
That it for today from our cabin in the North country.
À bientôt,
Mr Nut

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