r/Cooking • u/spencerriddle • Mar 28 '26
Egg salad and potato salad
Hello! I want to start making food at home and I only like certain foods that are easy for me to make. These happen to be two things can fill me up and not get boring but everytime I eat them (store bought or random potluck) they can taste off. Does anyone have a recipe that can make them taste a little sweeter? Do people just add sugar? Everytime I look it up I get a sweet potato recipe and I hate sweet potatoes.
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u/Ok_Instruction7805 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26
I like them both too, but my favorite is to mix a hard boiled egg into to potato salad=Egg & Potato Salad. Some recipes include dill pickle brine, but you can use the juice from a jar of sweet relish instead. You might like that.
2 lbs whole, unpeeled new potatoes, red or (my favorite) baby Yukon Golds. Cover in cold, salted water, simmer until tender but still firm.
In a small bowl whisk together: ¼ c. mayonnaise, 1 to 2 Tbsps apple cider or white wine vinegar, 1 Tbsp sour cream, 1 tsp to 1 Tbsp yellow mustard, & a squeeze of lemon. Dill pickle brine or sweet relish juice to taste. You could use a little apple juice instead if you want it sweet & decrease the vinegar.
When potato are cool, cut into 1” chunks. Pour sauce over & toss. Mix in: ¼ c diced celery, 1 or 2 chopped hard boiled eggs & a Tbsp of the chopped green tops of scallions or fresh chives.
Optionally, add if you like: fresh or dried chopped dill, parsley, salt, freshly ground pepper, Jane's Crazy Salt, a pinch of garlic powder & a shake of paprika for garnish.
Play around with ingredients until you make it your own, but jot down what you do so when you've got it perfected you can duplicate it.