I made a potato salad video recipe a while back, but I love that recipe so much I thought it deserved a spot on the blog too. And I’m not the only fan of this unusually dressed potato salad, I’ve gotten lots of great feedback from others who have tried it too.
Since Christmas is fast-approaching, I decked out my cauli-cream potato salad in red and green. New potatoes + lacinato kale + cauli-cream = Vegan Low Fat Red and Greens Potato Salad!
I know, I know potato salad is supposed to be reserved for summer picnics and potlucks, however, in my house we have a slightly different tradition. When I was growing up, Christmas Day dinner was a toss up, but Christmas Eve dinner was always gumbo and potato salad. This cajun-inspired tradition came from my mom’s side of the family. We’ve dropped the gumbo part, since it was far from vegan, but this potato salad is a perfect Christmas side dish.
Red and Greens Potato Salad
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 6–8 red potatoes
- 1 small head cauliflower
- 5–6 stalks of lacinato kale
- Juice of half a lemon (about 2 tsps)
- 2 tbsps chopped scallion
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Steam the cauliflower and puree it to make cauliflower cream. Add the lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Blend again to combine
- Cut the potatoes into large chunks. Boil the potatoes until tender.
- Thinly slice (or chiffonade if you want to be fancy) the kale.
- A couple of minutes before the potatoes are done, place the kale in a steamer basket on top of the potatoes. Steam until it is bright green and slightly softened.
- Toss the potatoes, kale, and scallion with the cauli-cream.
- I prefer it chilled, but it’s good warm too.
Do you have any unusual holiday traditions, food related or otherwise?
Such a clean and fresh potato salad! You know I love it….because…potatoes 😉
It’s a no-brainer: potatoes = love 🙂
This was great! I absolutely loved it! I added a bit more lemon juice, because I like my meals to be more sour. I’ve also recently tried your pumpkin maple muffin recipe and it was delicious. I hope you make more good recipes!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it and customized it to your tastes! I love to hear that you’re trying the recipes, and don’t worry, I’m always working on more 😉
What a colorful alternative to mashed potatoes!
Yeah! Although I think i might need those at the Christmas feast too 🙂 Never too many potato dishes!
Cauli cream? Yes, please! And I LOVE that you did Gumbo and Potato Salad for your Christmas Eve tradition. How fun! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Gumbo. I have been meaning to veganize it, but there are just so many parts that need to be changed. One of these days. Anyway, this potato salad looks great and who doesn’t loved potatoes for the holidays?! Perfect!
Oh I know, vegan gumbo is a big undertaking, I haven’t even tried. My mom always made the non-vegan one, so I really wouldn’t even know where to start. I’ll leave that one to you haha!
I love how veggie-filled this potato salad is!
★★★★★
Thanks Dianne! Sure beats egg and mayo filled :p
Such a perfect and simple potato salad Natalie! I love how healthy it is too and bring on the lemon juice! I LOVE lemon on everything!
Lemon is just the best in sweet or savory! I always have at least a few in my fridge!
I didn’t even realize this salad had all the festive colors before you mentioned it. I take it as final proof that exam time leads to brain damage 😀 I hope it’s temporary. Anyway, I totally LOVE the cauliflower dressing!!! Crazy dressing ingredients all the way! Bonus points if they make the whole deal healthier 🙂
Hahaha it’s definitely all the exams’ fault! You will recover, in the meantime eat potatoes in every form I hear that helps 😉
Will do! 😀
I knew there was cauliflower in there! 😀 Looks delicious <3 Cauliflower is the bestest for stuff like that. Strange, I always think of potatoes as a winter veggie.. Although I'm not much of a picnicer, so that might explain it 🙂
I'm curious though — why is it low fat as opposed to fat=free? I'm not seeing any oil… ?
I’m pretty predictable when it comes to hidden veggies haha! I think they are technically winter veggie, not really sure though what with importation they don’t really have a season any more. And it’s low fat instead of fat free because google keyword planner told me that was a better name 🙂 lol
Ah, lol, makes sense then 🙂 You had me think of all kinds of things last night with that one — where could that tiny bit of fat be hiding?! 😀