Potato Salad With Pesto And Bacon - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 lb tiny new potatoes, cooked (leave skins on)
    1/2 cup diced red onion
    3 slices bacon, cooked well and sliced
    2 teaspoons snipped fresh chives
    3 tablespoons low-fat sour cream
    2 tablespoons mayonnaise
    2 tablespoons basil pesto (preferably homemade)
    salt, to taste
    fresh ground black pepper, to taste
    2 tablespoons freshly grated parmesan cheese (optional)
Preparation
    For this recipe, use the tiniest new potatoes you can find; I used fresh baby potatoes from a farmers' market that were about the size of marbles. My potatoes were leftovers, so they were already boiled, but feel free to cook potatoes if needed; it will take longer to make this recipe though.
    In a mixing bowl, place the potatoes, onions, bacon and chives; lightly toss together.
    In a small bowl, stir together the sour cream, mayo and pesto; feel free to add more pesto if you wish.
    Add pesto mixture to potatoes and combine; taste. It will need salt and pepper.
    Chill for at least one hour before serving to let the flavours blend; taste before serving as it may need more salt. If desired, sprinkle parmesan over top of salad before serving; it's not necessary but it adds another flavour element to the salad that I felt went well.
    This recipe would easily double, if not triple.

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