Summer Harvest Potato Salad

The freshest locally grown potatoes & veggies come together perfectly with a super simple 3 ingredient fresh basil dressing in this Summer Harvest Potato Salad...

As you all may recall from the recipe I shared for my Farmers Market Frittata last month, I am on a mission this outdoor farmers market season to show you all how you can create a delicious recipe purchasing only locally grown & raised produce and meats at your local farmers market this summer. Each month I will be sharing a recipe here to the blog inspired by and featuring some of my own personal favorite fresh & local finds from my local market. 





For the month of July, I am sharing a fresh & lightened up potato salad recipe with you all. I am all about homemade potato salads for backyard BBQ's and summer picnics. 

But we all know that traditional potato salad recipes usually tend to be heavy and loaded with mayonnaise (which is big no-no when the hot summer sun is pounding down on your picnic table). 

For this Summer Harvest Potato Salad, I combined the freshest in-season locally grown potatoes & veggies with a super simple 3 ingredient fresh basil dressing.

You can really use any variety of smaller new potatoes in this salad. I like to mix it up and purchase potatoes in hues of purple, red, & golden yellow from one of my favorite farmers at my local market to use in this recipe. Using a variety of potatoes adds layers of flavor as well as a pop of color to your potato salad.





And feel free to change up this potato salad recipe by adding in your favorite summer fresh veggies. I think that sweet local corn or roasted garlic would also be a great addition to this salad.

This salad already packs in tons of flavor from the roasted summer squash & zucchini, the perfectly boiled potatoes, and the crisp green beans, so I went super simple for the dressing for this potato salad. 

Just fresh basil leaves, a good quality extra virgin olive oil, a little richness from some balsamic vinegar, and salt & pepper to taste- that's it! No need for a heavy, mayo based dressing here, folks. ;)

Which summer BBQ or get-together will you be bringing this potato salad to next? ;)

If you loved this summer side dish recipe, you might also like my...

French Onion Roasted Potato Salad

Antipasto Panzanella Salad

Creamy Buffalo Potato Salad

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