Pin for the Wednesday: Dill Potato Salad

This weekend, Jeremy planned a little get-together for my birthday with some of my closest friends. And although, he wanted me to take it easy for the party prep, I just couldn’t handle watching him spend more money then he needed to on food trays and deli salads so I took care of the food prep, which isn’t hard just time consuming.

With everyone bringing meat to grill, I wanted to have some type of potato salad and my all-time favorite is Dill Potato Salad. But where we get it (from a local grocer) it is pricey. So I immediately checked Pinterest to see if I could find a recipe that looked similar to what I get at the store. I was hoping to find one that looked similar to what  I love but easy to make. Because you know I am all about the easy!

I found this pin for Ina Garten’s Dill Potato Salad. It was super easy to make which I like. Here is the recipe from the site and in bold is what I changed slightly. I also used the whole 5 lb recipe which I increased the total recipe:

Ingredients:

• 3 pounds small white potatoes  (I used 5 lbs red potatoes)
• 1 cup mayo (I used 1 and 2/3 cup mayo)
• 1/4 cup buttermilk (I eye-balled 2/3 of a 1/4 cup plus the 1/4 cup)
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard (I used about 3 TBS)
• 2 tablespoons whole-grain mustard (I kept this the same because I have never used it before)
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh dill ( I used a little less then 1/2 c. freeze dried dill for the whole recipe. I added to taste)
• salt and  pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped celery (I approximated a little more then 1/2)
• 1/2 cup chopped red onion (I approximated a little more then 1/2)

Jeremy thought is was awesome and asked why I don’t usually make my potato salads homemade.

What was awesome is that for the price of 1lb of Dill Potato Salad from the store, I made 5 pounds for almost the same cost, maybe a dollar more at the most!

Woot! Another Pinterest win! And this recipe is definitely a keeper.

This post is linked to Mommin’ It Up’s Pin for the Wednesday. Head on over there to get some more great ideas from Pinterest or click here to see more of my personal PinFTWs!