Easy Italian Potato Salad Recipe

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You'll want to take this simple-to-assemble potato salad to all your picnics and outings. It's always on the menu when my tomato plants yield a bumper crop. Feel free to improvise by adding other fresh vegetables.

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Easy Italian Potato Salad Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

5 to 6 medium red potatoes, cooked and cut into 1-inch pieces
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup chopped red onion
3 to 4 plum tomatoes, quartered
1/3 cup olive oil
3 to 4 fresh basil leaves, chopped
1 jar (5-3/4 ounces) pimiento-stuffed olives, drained and halved
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1-1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Lettuce leaves, optional

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the first 10 ingredients; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Serve salad in a lettuce-lined bowl if desired. Yield: 12 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 cup) equals 95 calories, 8 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 528 mg sodium, 6 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Italian Potato Salad in Country Woman May/June 2001, p33