Aldi Recipes: Homemade Potato Salad - Cheap Recipe Linky

When I discovered how fresh my bargain red potatoes from Aldi were, I knew they would be perfect for homemade potato salad, so I started my not-so favorite task of peeling potatoes. When I was a  little girl, this was one of my first paid home task....peeling potatoes, and now I understand why my mother would pay me to do this job. My dad actually tried to make peeling potatoes easier by buying an electrical potato peeler, but it turned out to take a while, make more mess than it was worth, and the only thing it works on is new potatoes.

The $0.49 5 lb red potatoes come from Forest Park, Gerorgia, and they are perfect. No dents, black spots etc., and they are actually easy to peel.

Potato Salad:

5 lb new potatoes

1/2 cup sugar

1 tbsp flour

1 tsp salt

1/2 - 1 tsp ground mustard

1/4 tsp pepper

3/4 cup white vinegar

1/4 cup water

2 eggs

2-3 cups of low fat sour cream and/or low fat yogurt

Chives

1. Boil potatoes until tender, drain and cool
2. While the potatoes are boiling, add the following in a small pot: sugar, flour, salt, mustard powder, pepper, vinegar and water. Bring to boil over medium heat and constant stirring, boil and stir for 2 minutes.
3. In a small bowl whisk eggs slightly with a fork. 
4. After the vinegar mixture has boiled for 2 minutes add a small amount to the eggs and stir, then pour the entire egg mixture into the small pot. Whisk for 1 - 2 minutes or until the mixture is thick. Cool down and add sour cream. 

Sauce before the sour cream has been added

5. Once everything is cooled cut potatoes into small bite size pieces and turn in the mixture carefull. Cut chives and add to the potatoes.

 The potato salad is perfect when it is cold, and it is great for potlucks, picnics and family gatherings.

 Cost of Homemade Potato Salad:

I lucked out, when I found a great Aldi sale on red potatoes this past Wednesday. 5 lbs of red potatoes for $0.49! This means that our potato salad is extremely cheap, whereas it would normally have cost around $3 depending on the cost of potatoes and the cost of ingredients.

I had all the ingredients on hand, and fresh chives from the garden. I was actually low on sour cream, so I added two plain Greek yogurt cups as well. I had gotten them free with a coupon at Publix, so it was a great frugal solution.

If you have any frugal or cheap recipes you would like to share, I would love to check them out.