![]() ![]() This is a pretty basic recipe, but I've lightened it up with Greek yogurt as the base and added some fresh chopped tomato for vim and vigor. ![]() Of course, you can add egg, French cornichons, pickle relish, green onion, or change up the potato even - try sweet potatoes or fingerlings or the purple-hued Magic Molly. A warm vinaigrette and lots of fresh herbs are a nice alternative to the ubiquitous mayonnaise dressed versions. There are as many recipes for potato salad as there are salmon in our streams. In honor of Alaska's farmers, who grow some of the best spuds right here in our own back yard, I wanted to highlight the Denali potato, a white creamy thin-skinned variety that Rempel also grows. On a side note, the purple color of the potato indicates high antioxidants."Īs for salads, summer always has me tossing whatever I find locally to make a big salad, but timeless picnic sides - cole slaw, macaroni salad, and potato salad-are always favorites to accompany the weekend barbeque or camping trip. Blue, yellow and green make for a very colorful salad. "This blue then shares a little with the yellow in my wife's salad creating some intense greens. "After being cooked and left to chill overnight in the fridge, its blue intensifies," he says. Magic Molly is Mark Rempel's favorite for potato salad. The other day, I heard a child giggle, pointing to the Magic Molly, "I didn't know potatoes could be purple!" The edible purple tuber in question was one of 14 varieties grown by the Rempel Family Farm and featured at their stand in South Anchorage. ![]() There's something enchanting about the abundance of local produce that brings out the social butterfly in people, enticing us to randomly "ooh" and "aah" over golden beets or ruby-streaked greens, pointing and asking one another for a recipe or two. Our markets are finally in full swing, offering everything from local side-stripe prawns and black cod to snow apples, bitey arugula and jewel-colored potatoes. I love the buzz of a good farmers market, especially here in Alaska when we wait all winter long for the first signs of spring and summer. ![]()
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