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Windy-City Celery Potato Salad

Hold onto your hat because this easy recipe will blow your taste-buds away! Perfect for a summer picnic on lake Michigan in Chicago or just about anywhere else. The use of our Windy-City Celery salt helps to amplify the flavors of the potato. Our other secret ingredient is avocado (oh yes we did), which is enhanced by the Windy-City Celery blend to provide a rich and creamy finish to this dish. This serves about 8-10 people as a side course.

COOKWARE YOU WILL NEED

One baking sheet
One large bowl
Wood spoon or heat resistant spatula

INGREDIENTS

2 generous tablespoons of Beyond the Shaker's Windy-City Celery salt
3 pounds of red potatoes (shocker for a potato salad recipe, I know), cut into small cubes (leave the skins on)
1 small red onion, chopped
5 cloves of garlic, minced
1 cup frozen whole kernel corn
3 tablespoons of cider vinegar
1 teaspoon of Tabasco sauce or other hot sauce (this is not mandatory, but it really helps bring out the great flavors of the other ingredients)
3 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1 avocado, chopped
1 stalk of celery, sliced into half moons
1 stalk of parsley, chopped
1 cup of olive oil

DIRECTIONS

Have your oven pre-heated to 425 degrees. Put the cut-up potatoes, onion, and garlic on the baking sheet. Slather on some olive oil and one tablespoon of Windy-City Celery, toss the potato mix around to coat, and roast in the oven for 20 minutes (no need to cover, as you want the potato mix to brown a bit).
Pull the baking sheet out of the oven and mix. Add the corn, and then roast in the oven for another 15 minutes (you can get a crispier texture by adding more time, but watch that you don't burn your corn).
In the bowl, mix the vinegar, Tabasco, the rest of the Windy-City Celery, and 1/2 cup of olive oil. Add the vegetables to this dressing and stir in the eggs, avocado, celery and parsley. Mix until everything is coated.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS

Feel free to serve this potato salad either warm or chilled. We like to add a little Windy-City Celery salt to the top of the salad right before serving as a finishing touch. To make this recipe creamier, you can add mayonnaise (obviously that also adds some fat to the dish). We have also tried adding a packet of dry salad dressing to the mix of vinegar, and we have found this to be a great way to boast the flavor. You can also try adding one of our other salts like Citrus Basil or Hot Habanero for a kick of flavor.