Potato Salad With Olives

[@joseph6948]

I love your glasses! I love potato salad too!

[@helencantimagine]

Thank you, Joseph. I appreciate you stopping by and for making a comment.

[@SouthernWomanLifestyle]

We talked about this. I love potato salad. Adding olives sounds delicious. 🤓 congratulations on 121 subscribers woo hoo🎉🎉🎉🎈🎈🎈🎊🎊🎊🍾🍾🍾🎉🎉🎉

[@helencantimagine]

Thank you, cousin!

[@MissBELLE003]

I love potato salad with everything in it !

[@helencantimagine]

Aw, thank you, Miss Belle, for stopping by and commenting. It was nice meeting with you. I actually went and brought out my sketchpad!

[@ArtyMpaints]

I'm British and we've never had potato salad like this. I made it for me and hubby (minus olives) and we both loved it. Thank you so much😃

[@helencantimagine]

Hey Arty, Thank you for watching and commenting. I'm thrilled that you gave this recipe a try. I love that you made it your recipe by NOT adding the olives. I'd be interested to know what potato salad you would typically eat.

[@ArtyMpaints]

@@helencantimagine I would have loved it with olives but hubby isn't keen tee hee. We normally have cubed potatoes with chives and mayo and touch of mustard.

[@helencantimagine]

@@ArtyMpaints Thank you for sharing, Arty. You've made me feel special today.

[@Yo_jeong2]

I try this in my home this so yummy 😭

[@helencantimagine]

Thank you, Yo-jeong2. Your comment means a lot to me.

[@martha_makes_art]

I’ve never had potato salad with all that in it. I might not like it with olives though 😊 I like the green ones but not too many at a time. The way I like to do it is to boil the potatoes and mash them up without the skins. I hate potato salad with hard chunks of potatoes. A couple eggs, dill pickles, onions, bit of mustard and celery if I have it and of course mayonnaise.

[@helencantimagine]

Hey Martha, Thank you for your great response. You prove my point that everyone is different regarding potato salad. I forgot all about putting pickles in it. I usually add some pickles. I appreciate your comment. :)

[@gensguineas]

Don't think I make the best potato salad but the ingredients I use are boiled potatoes (sometimes eggs but not every time) celery, onions, mayo, mustard and seasoning. My husband doesn't like it drenched in the mayo and mustard so I'm careful not to over do it. Think I'll be making potato soon, yours looks delicious!!!

[@helencantimagine]

Hey Gen, Thank you. You make the best potato salad for your family. Following rules for recipes are made to be broken.

[@gensguineas]

@@helencantimagine I broke all kind of rules with cooking our dinner for tomorrow tonight lol. I ground hamburger then added cannelini beans and canned spinach with the juice, then I added thin noodles and seasoned with oregano, onion powder, garlic salt and salt and pepper and I was pleasantly surprised it was pretty tasty reminded me of cream of spinach soup. Hope Greg likes it tomorrow.

[@southerncooker6475]

I'm in Tennessee also, I just don't know if I would like the olives. I like your channel!

[@helencantimagine]

Hey, southerncooker6475. Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate it. Many people don't like olives, but my late husband loved them. That's why I started using them years ago. I hope you'll stop back by for a visit.

[@Mrs.Peachthriftyliving]

❤ Hi, Helen.Your potato salad looked absolutely delicious.I think that would be a lot of extra work to do it that way.But I'm sure it was good.I don't think i've ever put sour cream in my potato salad but i'm sure I'd like it

[@helencantimagine]

I used to cook a lot when my husband and children were around. My husband is deceased, and the children are grown and gone; it's taken me a long time to learn not to cook and prepare large quantities. There are so many ways to prepare potato salad.

[@Mrs.Peachthriftyliving]

❤ How long has your hubby been gone?Mine is almost 2 years this month.It's a new life out there without him.I'm thankful he's with Jesus

[@helencantimagine]

@@Mrs.Peachthriftyliving My husband has been gone 17 years. He was 49, and I was 52 when he died. Yes, it is a new normal. My children were 23, 14, and 8 at the time. He told me that whatever God had planned, he was ready. To live or die. He had leukemia.

[@Mrs.Peachthriftyliving]

​@@helencantimagine❤❤ He was so young. My hubby was eighty one when he passed

[@helencantimagine]

@@Mrs.Peachthriftyliving Yes, he was young. I have great memories.

[@Kymberlee_W]

What a beautiful looking salad! I love potato salad and like you said, my Mama's is my favourite. I don't make it much because I can't get Idaho potatoes in Australia but I will occasionally make a small batch with Kipfler potatoes (I'm not Australian, I'm originally from South Carolina but I've lived abroad for 20 years.). The olives are an amazing twist that I cannot wait to try. I make my tuna salad with olives and it works wonders with the flavour. When you mentioned the Russian potato salad it reminded me of a friend who makes it - and it IS awesome but also super rich. She makes hers with ham, peas, and dill pickles, capers, carrots, and boiled eggs. I highly recommend trying it, even if just for the experience. Anyway, It is called the Olivier Salad if anyone wants to find a recipe. Oh and you should definitely not use Miracle Whip in it.

[@helencantimagine]

Hey Kymberlee, Thank you for stopping by for a visit. I had to Google Kipfler potatoes. I appreciate you teaching me something new today. On occasion, I add green olives to my tuna salad. I'll give it a go on the Russian Potato Salad. No Miracle Whip. I'd be interested in learning from your experience living abroad. Is there any food you miss from South Carolina? Is there an Australian food you gotta have?

[@Kymberlee_W]

@@helencantimagine yes, there are many things I miss - like the convenience of opening a Ranch Dressing packet - I have to make Ranch homemade and I didn't crack the right spice combination until 5 yrs ago. It's simple and doesn't have all the nasties in it. I miss Shealy's BBQ sauce - located in Batesburg, SC. It is far too expensive to ship. I am sure there are plenty of things I missed in the beginning but it's been so long I don't remember lol. I suppose the quintessential Aussie Beef pie is something I must have about once a month - I buy the good quality frozen ones but I make my own chicken pot pie. And Biscoff biscuits (cookies), but they're actually Belgian lol. Biscoff is a type of Speculoos cookie. And If you like to bake cookies I highly recommend trying them, they beat any other I've ever tasted. I look forward to seeing more!

[@helencantimagine]

@@Kymberlee_W@Kymberlee_W Thank you, Kymberlee, for sharing. I would probably miss White Lily flour and Martha White Cornmeal.

[@Kymberlee_W]

@@helencantimagine yes, those too! I was never taught to make biscuits but I did try! I make do with Polenta if I have a hankering for grits and I use polenta instead of cornmeal for cornbread.

[@helencantimagine]

@@Kymberlee_W Polenta is a great substitute. "Hankering for grits"-or hankering for anything-is a great phrase. I use that phrase. I grew up hearing, " You threw a craving on me." When my Daddy thought some food was really good, he would say, "It's larping."

[@MissBELLE003]

I leave The potato skins are mine while they’re cooking and I add onion and celery and salt and pepper while they’re cooking

[@helencantimagine]

Yes, I've been eating potato salad for about two days. It's the perfect food, protein, carbs and fat!

[@Gserra78]

Love potato salad with green Olives My best friend her grandmother would make potato salad with green olives And to me it's the best potato salad we live in Tennessee so I was wondering if that might be a Tennessee thing or old southern recipe

[@helencantimagine]

Hey @Gserra78, I'm sorry for the late reply. I started using green olives because my husband liked green olives. My husband was also born in Tennessee. I don't know if it's Tennessee or Southern. I just wanted to please my husband. I appreciate you stopping by for a visit. I hope you'll visit again.

[@Gserra78]

@@helencantimagine absolutely and thanks for sharing your story about the recipe and I also subscribed too! Will be trying out your recipes for sure! They look so good! Blessings!🙂

[@helencantimagine]

@@Gserra78 Thank you Gserra78. Make today a great day, and be kind to someone.

[@janeknisely4383]

HORSERADISH!

[@helencantimagine]

Hmm, a touch of horseradish would be good. My mother used to add about 1 tablespoon to her Lime Jello Salad. You never ate the salad thinking there was horseradish in there, but she left it out one time and we all said, "It taste different." Thank you @janeknisely4383 for your comment. I appreciate it.