Grilled Potato & Arugula Salad with Fresh Herbs | Paleo Recipes (2024)

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What herbs go well with potatoes? ›

We suggest parsley, rosemary, and thyme as a classic and simple way to season the potatoes, but really, any herbs or spices are welcome here. Try hot smoked paprika and turmeric for spicy, herbal potatoes or za'atar and cumin for floral, smoky potatoes.

If you'd like to add a little extra color and texture to your salad, leave the skins on. Just be sure to scrub them thoroughly with a vegetable brush before you cook them. Once you've either scrubbed or peeled your potatoes, cut them into bite-size chunks, place them in a large pot, and cover them with water.

Potato – Bush beans, celery, corn, garlic, marigolds, onions, and peas all do well planted near potatoes. Avoid planting potatoes near asparagus, Brassicas, carrots, cucumber, kohlrabi, melons, parsnips, rutabaga, squash, sunflower, and turnips.

To keep your salad from falling apart into mush, it's important to use the best potatoes for potato salad. Skip the russet potatoes and use a waxy variety instead, like Yukon gold, red potatoes or fingerlings.

Although not all potato salad recipes call for mayo, many (if not most) of them do, so you'll want to know when to add it to avoid making a mess. If you are using a mayo- or cream-based dressing for your salad, it's important to wait for the potatoes to cool before you start dressing them.

When the customers started requesting the off-menu salad made with cuts of meat, cheese and hard boiled eggs, the hotel decided to add it to the menu. Giving chef Seydoux the honor of naming the salad he is purported to have said "Well, it's really a chef's salad."

Rinsing potatoes helps remove excess starch, so it is recommended to rinse the potatoes before cooking. To ensure even more starch is out of the way, it's recommended that they even be quickly rinsed after boiling. We recommend using hot water for rinsing after boiling and cold water prior to boiling.

The key is to allow the potatoes to dry and become cold before you make the salad. If you cut hot, boiled potatoes, they tend to crumble. If you wait until they had time to dry (may I suggest laying them out on a plate or casserole dish during this time) and cold, they cut nicer.

What is the best season for potatoes? ›

Potatoes grow best during cooler weather. Plant potatoes 2-4 weeks before the last frost in the spring, when the soil temperature is at least 40 degrees F. In warm climates, potatoes are planted from January to March and harvested between March and June.

Really coat the outside of the potato pieces in seasoning. The best way to do this is to toss the sliced potatoes in a large bowl with oil and all the seasonings. Use your hands to fully coat your potatoes. After roasting you'll end with up a nice crust that's so dang good.

Add LOTS of butter, some salt and pepper, any you have a delicious side dish. Add some garlic cloves in the water that you are boiling the potatoes. Drain the potatoes and cut into bite sized pieces. Melt some butter in a saucepan and add the potatoes with salt & pepper, some thyme and parsley.