Potato Salad with Green Onion and Dill

 This is my very first recipe on my new blog. How exciting! For me AND for you because this is simply delicious.

 It's Memorial Day weekend and what could be a better time than now for potato salad?! I've had quite a hankerin for some tater salad and I just had to make me some.

 Store bought potato salad has so many ingredients that I don't even have to patience to read them all. So I thought I'd make my own, with some healthy modifications of course. I subbed out half the mayo with plain nonfat greek yogurt. I also added green onions instead of regular white onion as it has tyramine and is a migraine trigger. Oh yes, I added some Love in there too.

 First, I bought the potatoes at Aldi, and ran into my Aunt Jackie. Random, but relevant. I got the "premium" potatoes. They're a size B. Yep there is a sizing range for potatoes, but not like bra sizes it's way off. They are little adorable potatoes with a thin skin so I decided to leave the skins on. The skins contain a lot of nutrition, and I was not trying to peel all those little suckers. Here they are:

Aren't they cute? I knew you'd think so

  Another awesome part is that I only had to quarter them. I'm not a fan of cutting potatoes, you can thank culinary school for the never ending potato cutting scars.

no literal scars, just emotional scars so it's ok

Then I put them in a large pot, covered them with water, and waited for them to boil.

you can't watch them or they won't boil, they're shy

 While I was waiting for my potatoes, I chopped my green onion into little slices. Use that white end too, it is an onion after all- a baby sized one.

they're like green onions on steroids, they're huge!

  Then I chopped my celery into small slices.

 After that I got my sauce for the potato salad together. It's got the mayo, greek yogurt, dijon mustard, vinegar, salt, sugar, black pepper, dill, and hot sauce. You will see hot sauce in a lot of my recipes. I have an addiction.

I used rice vinegar and think it's fantastic, but you can use white if need be

 Once that was good to go I threw in the green onion and celery.

 I put the sauce in the fridge while I was taking care of my potatoes. I drained the potatoes and put them in a large bowl. I then put that bowl in the freezer to cool for about 10 minutes. Like I said before, I'm a woman with no patience. The potatoes should not be hot when you are mixing, that's all. So when ready I poured the sauce on the potatoes.

 Let the mixture sit in the refrigerator until it's cold. Then, voila! Heaven in a bowl my friends. It's THAT good.

Potato Salad with Green Onion and Dill

Ingredients

• 3 pounds small potatoes, quartered
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 3/4 cup nonfat greek yogurt, plain
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon dill weed
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• dash of hot sauce
• 2 stalks of celery, thinly sliced
• 2 bunches green onions

Directions

1. Cover potatoes with water in 4-quart saucepot; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain and cool slightly.
2. Combine mayonnaise, yogurt, vinegar, salt, sugar, pepper, dill, dijon, and hot sauce in large bowl. Add potatoes, celery, and onion and toss gently. Serve chilled.

Welcome to my new gluten free recipe blog

 Hi my name is Samantha, but my friends call me Sam. A select few call me Sammy so that one is off limits. I have three brothers, the best boyfriend ever, and a silly cat named Fandango, renamed Kitten. This is my first time blogging, so be gentle. I'm gonna bring you into my world of gluten free (and my attempts at being migraine free) and share some recipes while I'm at it.

 I've been sensitive to gluten for a very long time. But it wasn't until my mother found out that she was allergic to wheat (oat, corn, and white potato too) that I thought I may have some issues with wheat myself. Two of my brothers are on the autism spectrum and I heard those letters GFCF get thrown around a lot. People have called it a "cure." I thought maybe, just maybe this could work for migraines too. I'm still working on the CF part though. It's hard to cut casein out completely too when migraines limit even more food choices, like CHOCOLATE. Sad face.

 Last year I told my neurologist, who I'd been seeing since about 2006, that I feel like I get migraines when I have wheat. She said that it was highly unlikely. I did not agree. If anyone knows my issues it's ME, and perhaps my boyfriend. So, at my mother's behest, I began to cut wheat out of my diet.

 My mom had been gluten free for a while, and I hate to admit it, I made fun of her a LOT. Now that I've eaten my crow, without any wheat of course, I feel SO much better. Gluten free is not a fad, it's a way of life. While I may not be celiac, I know that a lot of my health issues are caused by gluten.

 I've been gluten free since March 2011 and believe me it's been no fun and games. It is hard, but not impossible. We just have to get awareness out there more. I'm gonna do my part and share with you my thoughts and recipes.