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Four-Potato salad recipe with egg and swede

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A salad like this four-potato, eggs and swede with red cabbage, peppers and dill always brightens up my day.

I know pictures don’t always do justice and I am not the best at taking pictures. I know I should try a little better on this but truthfully, I do not have the time. Besides, I do not want to put some heavily edited pictures up here. My intention is to show you the real stuff, our meals and share the reality with you. Family meals, doable dishes the way they actually look and we ate them. Trust me on this, this salad is a heck of a good one – both, taste and nutrition-wise. It hits the jackpot each time in every way even though I probably never make it exactly the same.

I change ingredients around according to season and what the fridge has got to offer that day. This means that you should get adventurous by changing ingredients with something that you like most or have in hand.

The bottom line is that the potatoes and the eggs are a must not compromise on. If you don’t have sweet purple potatoes or any other type of fancy ones simply use regular potatoes.

I work from home generally on Fridays as you know already and last Friday my both boys (hubby and sonny) were at home. I should actually say my two men, but I prefer going the young direction so, boys 😉 for now.

Coming up with a quick meal isn’t always the simplest thing but this time the fridge had to offer quite a few nice organic purple and sweet purple potatoes. They were all organic and organic produce is generally more perishable so I had to cook them.

Potato salad was what quickly crossed my mind. The idea of having potato salad, did sound great, sonny boy confirmed he’d love it too. Great, it was unanimously pretty quickly agreed upon!  I’ve asked my husband to give me a hand, he boiled the potatoes and the eggs pretty swiftly. 

He was probably hungry too. I went downstairs about 15 minutes later and bish bash bosh. In less than 20 minutes we were eating (pictures were taken as well).  Wasn’t that quick? It was indeed.

This is what you call good teamwork, one helps to decide what to eat, one cooks whatever was to be cooked. But the third one (and the most crucially important team member – not saying who that is) puts everything together!! Yay!!

Now, seriously, this potato salad it’s such a treat for me. I call a treat anything that I hugely enjoy and that doesn’t have to be sweet necessarily. Ultimately, when you enjoy something and it is good for you, its a treat, correct?

I was saying you can play around with the ingredients as you wish but do not compromise on the potatoes. They are almost the best bit in this salad making it this special one. Of course, there is nothing you can do if you cannot find purple sweet potatoes. Try and use different types in any case. Even if this means mixing a few types of red with white types.

This four potato salad would work beautifully with some freshly baked potatoes too.

If you like potato salads here are some more recipes that you will thoroughly enjoy. What do you think of this Potato, olives and feta cheese? What about a potato and roast asparagus? Or this potato, cucumber and garlic salad which is one of my absolute top favourite potato salads.

Potato salad recipe with egg and swede

Potato salad with egg and swede

A refreshing four potato salad which contains four types of potatoes, eggs, raw swede shavings and fresh herbs, a truly delightful meal fit for a king. Are you ready to tuck in? Delicious!
5 from 6 votes
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Course: Brunch, Main Course, Main Dish, Salad, Warm salad
Cuisine: Ramona’s Cuisine
Keyword: eggs, fresh herbs, potato salad, red cabbage, swede, sweet potato, sweet purple potato
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Resting time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 400kcal
Author: Ramona Sebastian

Ingredients

  • 1 large sweet potato
  • 2 purple sweet potatoes
  • 2 medium purple potatoes
  • 2 medium white/red potatoes
  • 6 eggs hard boiled
  • 1 large red onion
  • 100 g swede
  • 120 g red cabbage
  • 3-4 sprigs fresh dill
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 10-15 olives pitted optional

For vinaigrette:

  • 75 ml cider vinegar organic with mother
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch black pepper
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp agave syrup
  • 1/2 tsp mustard
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper optional
  • 1-2 pinch fresh thyme
Metric – US Imperial

Instructions

  • Wash the potatoes thoroughly, place them in a pot, add boiling hot water (for quickness) and 1 tsp salt. Boil over medium heat for 12 minutes or so until nice and soft. * (see recipe notes). When ready allow them to cool for few minutes by taking them out on a plate. When cool, peel and cut into chunks. You can keep skin on if you prefer.
  • Almost simultaneously boil the eggs in a separate pan for 10 minutes with 1 tbsp salt. When finished boiling, drain hot water and add cold water. Leave them for 1 min and then peel.
  • While the potatoes and the eggs are boiling/cooling, prepared the vinaigrette by putting all the vinaigrette ingredients into a jar and shake well.
  • Shave the swede, chop the onion and the red cabbage, chop the dill. Place all into a larger bowl. Season well, add the olives if choosing to add. Add the roughly cut potatoes and the eggs. Give it all a good old stir.
  • Drizzle the vinaigrette and transfer to serving plates. Enjoy!

Notes

 
* Different potatoes have different cooking times. I suggest you put the sweet potatoes on top and pierce them with a fork to check when they’re ready. Take them out earlier if necessary. This is in the event you wish to boil them all in one place but of course you can boil them separateley. Check all potatoes to make sure they’re nice and soft inside but not too soft to fall apart. 
4 potato salad recipe with egg and swede
Of course I added some chilli, it has to be added for me and hubby but I did that at the end as kids cannot really go for proper raw chillies, not yet. 
 
Did you make this delicious four potato salad?
 
Please do let me know how you liked it, did you give it any twist and used different ingredients, how did it turn out for you?  If you liked it, made it or got inspired, please leave a comment below or even share a picture on Instagram with the hashtag #ramonascuisine.  I would really want to see!
 
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Thank you for stopping by and I do hope you’ll check my blog again to see what’s new, all amazing cooking ideas, super easy and delightful family recipes. 
 
Have a wonderful day! 
 
Enjoy!
 

Nutrition

Calories: 400kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 279mg | Sodium: 921mg | Potassium: 1240mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 17925IU | Vitamin C: 50.6mg | Calcium: 118mg | Iron: 2.9mg
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  1. Beth says

    January 18, 2019 at 12:17 PM

    5 stars

    I love the ingredients in this salad! The vinaigrette is lovely too! I can’t wait to give this a try!

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      January 19, 2019 at 12:12 PM

      Thank you so much Beth. xo

      Reply
  2. Caroline says

    January 18, 2019 at 2:37 PM

    5 stars

    I am so much more of a fan of vinaigrette-style dressings than mayo for potato salad. I love how colorful this is with the different kinds of potato, looks and sounds delicious.

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      January 19, 2019 at 12:11 PM

      Thank you Caroline,
      I am with you on this. I am not a fun of mayo, I rarely use it. It is a lot better without it if you ask me. If I was to add any mayo would be a tablespoon to the actual vinaigrette to complement the egg flavour but that is not necessary. We love it this way and wouldn’t change a thing. It is a great salad. I hope you will try it and enjoy it.

      Reply
  3. Susan says

    January 19, 2019 at 6:24 AM

    5 stars

    What a delicious looking potato salad! I love that you used purple and sweet potatoes for beautiful color. I pinned this recipe! Thanks

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      January 19, 2019 at 12:12 PM

      Thank you so much Susan, let me know if you make it, how you liked it. 😉

      Reply
  4. Corina Blum says

    January 19, 2019 at 5:07 PM

    5 stars

    I think this is the first time I’ve seen a potato salad made with more than one kind of potato and it is such a brilliant idea! I love how vibrant and colourful it is – so appetising!

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      January 20, 2019 at 6:40 AM

      Thank you so much Corina, this salad it’s unbelievably nice so you should definitely try it, it’s beautiful I’m sure you would love it ?

      Reply
  5. Mayuri Patel says

    January 21, 2019 at 2:27 PM

    5 stars

    I feel that the picture is doing full justice to the salad, colorful and its got all the nutritious ingredients. Purple potato and swede are two veggies I’v not used as yet but would love to try out this salad.

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      January 21, 2019 at 2:36 PM

      Thank you Mayuri,
      I’m glad you like this salad, I hope you will try it soon. It is very nice, I’m sure you’ll like it.

      Reply

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