Healthy Potato Salad (Prebiotic, Probiotic & GF)

This healthy potato salad recipe is a delicious way to feature pickled and fermented vegetables. Not only that, cooked and cooled potatoes are prebiotic, which means they feed your gut for a deliciously healthy meal!

Pickled and Fermented Vegetables

This is a classic potato salad with a probiotic twist! Adding fermented and pickled vegetables adds a burst of flavor and texture. Use a mix of whatever fermented vegetables you happen to have on hand. It’s the perfect way to clear out your larder.

Here are some fermented vegetables that are perfect for a potato salad:

• Honey garlic fermented pickles
• Grandma’s fermented pickles
• Pickled beets
• Sauerkraut
• Pickled turnips
• Pickled green beans
• Fermented cocktail onions
• Mixed fermented snacking vegetables

Really, anything works. Salty, spicy, or sweet. It all results in a deliciously probiotic potato salad.

Healthy Potato Salad Serving Suggestions

The recipe below is for the simplest version of a potato salad. It’s perfect as a side dish. Here are a few ways to switch up the salad for a complete meal.

1. Add Eggs: For a classic potato salad add 4 hard-boiled eggs.
2. Cobb-Style: Serve the potato salad on a bed of lettuce with hard-boiled eggs, cooked chicken, whatever you want!
3. With Salmon: For a cross between a potato salad and a salmon salad try adding poached salmon to this salad.