This mayo-free Potato Salad with Mustard Dressing is a simple combination of fingerling potatoes, parsley, red onion, and a tangy mustard dressing. Serve it as a dinner side or make 2 batches to bring to a picnic.
Can you guys tell I’m in a mood where I all I want is picnic food? (Popsicles and pasta salad so far). Alllll the summer food is coming your way.
This Potato Salad is the simplest to pull together, but your picnic party will be wow’ed with the combination of creamy, waxy potatoes and vinegar/mustard bite of the dressing. I have never been a fan of mayonnaise-based potato salads, and instead turn to this creamy mustard, vinegar and oil blend.
How fun are these colored fingerling potatoes?
I brought this dish to a small Memorial Day get-together, and it was devoured quickly. Take note and double the batch if you’re sharing with a crowd (or want to keep some leftovers for yourself!).
In addition, be sure to note the recipe step where the potato salad sits for a few minutes. This is important as it allows the vinegary dressing to be absorbed into the creamy potatoes. Otherwise, the salad has a strong bite to it right away. Trust that the amount of vinegar is correct and you just want to let it sit for 10-20 minutes before digging in!
- 1 lb fingerling potatoes
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon stoneground mustard
- ½ teaspoon honey
- ¼ cup fresh parsley
- ¼ cup red onion
- In a large pot, cover potatoes with water and bring to a boil. Once boiling, boil for 10 minutes or so until potatoes can be easily stuck with a fork. Drain and rinse potatoes.
- Using a whisk or a blender, mix together olive oil, vinegar, mustard and honey.
- Dice potatoes in half or quarters, depending on size, so that they are bitesize.
- Finely chop parsley and thinly slice red onion.
- Toss together the diced potatoes, mustard dressing, parsley and red onion until well combined. Allow the potato salad to sit for 10 minutes before serving so the potatoes can absorb some of the dressing.
- Serve at room temperature.
Let me know if you make this tasty potato salad as a side dish this summer!
Marisa
Christine@ Apple of My Eye says
YUMMM!! I’m a potato-girl through-and-through (my dad was raised on a potato farm haha!) so this recipe calls to me! So perfect for summer picnics as well since you can easily transport them!
Marisa says
So neat that your dad grew up on a potato farm! I love me some potatoes 🙂 Hope you enjoy it!
Hillary says
Yum, love the simple ingredient list. Refreshing for summer.
Marisa says
Thanks Hillary! I’ve been trying to simplify as much as possible lately – it’s nice to know such a delicious, fresh meal can take so few ingredients.
Tara | Treble in the Kitchen says
Love the simplicity of this. Perfect for a summer picnic!! 🙂
Marisa says
Thanks, Tara!