Shelly's Recipe

JAZZED-UP POTATO SALADS

Category: Potato Salads

Get tubs of potato salad from the supermarket and get ready to doctor them up!

For a minty potato salad: Combine 6 cups of plain or classic potato salad (not the mustard variety) with 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard, 3 to 4 tablespoons of chopped fresh mint, 1 chopped fresh red bell pepper and 1 1/2 cups defrosted frozen peas.

For blue-cheese potato salad: Combine 6 cups of plain potato salad with 1 cup crumbled blue cheese (look for a dry texture, not a creamy style), 1 1/2 cups chopped celery, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts and bacon, if desired, 1 or 2 chopped hard-cooked eggs from the salad bar.

For Oaxacan-style potato salad: Combine 6 cups of plain potato salad with 3 tablespoons finely chopped pickled jalapeno peppers, 3 tablespoons chopped parsley, 2 tablespoons chopped pickled cocktail onions, 1 teaspoon yellow mustard, 1 cup defrosted frozen baby peas and 1/3 cup sliced pimento-stuffed olives.