Bacon And Sweet Potato Salad With Warm Honey Mustard Dressing Recipes

Steps:

• Make the Salad: Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• In a roasting pan, combine the potatoes, 3 tablespoons of the olive oil, rosemary, salt, pepper, cumin and ginger. Stir to combine and bake until the potatoes are fork-tender and golden brown, about 25 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the pumpkin seeds and cook, stirring, until toasted. Transfer the seeds to a plate and season with salt and pepper. In a small bowl, combine the cranberries, scallions, and red pepper and set aside.
• Make the Dressing: Prepare the dressing by combining all the ingredients (except for the olive oil) in a small saucepan and heat. Remove from heat and whisk in the olive oil.
• Assemble salad by gently tossing the roasted potatoes with the red pepper mixture. Add enough of the dressing to coat and garnish with toasted pumpkin seeds. Serve with extra dressing on the side.

Steps:

• Place spinach into a large serving bowl, top with hard-cooked eggs, mushrooms, 4 crumbled strips of bacon, Swiss cheese, and almonds.
• Heat olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Stir in shallots and garlic, and cook until softened and translucent, about 2 minutes. Whisk in the vinegar, Dijon mustard, honey, and 2 crumbled strips of bacon; season to taste with salt and pepper, then cook until hot.
• Pour hot dressing over spinach and toss to coat.

Steps:

• Place the diced sweet potatoes and potatoes in a Dutch oven, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Boil until the potatoes are fork tender, but not mushy, about 20 minutes. Drain and cool the cooked potatoes slightly.
• Meanwhile, mix together the mayonnaise, mustard, balsamic vinegar, turmeric, chives, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add the bacon, green onions, red onion and cooked potatoes and toss to coat. Serve garnished with extra chives or green onion.

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in boiling water in large saucepan 10 min. or until tender; drain. Immediately rinse under cold water; drain and cool in large bowl.
• Add peppers, celery, onions and bacon to potatoes; toss lightly.
• Mix mayo and juice until well blended. Pour over potato mixture; stir gently. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.

Steps:

• Heat pan over high heat. Add bacon and cook until just crisp. Remove bacon to a towel-lined plate. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the fat. Add onions and garlic and cook until soft. Remove pan from heat, add vinegar, olive oil, sugar and reserved bacon. Place the potatoes in a large bowl, pour the dressing over and season with salt and pepper. Fold in the green onions and parsley. Serve at room temperature.

Steps:

• Whisk mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar and garlic in medium bowl to blend.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Cover, chill.
• Cook bacon in large skillet until crisp.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Crumble.
• Boil potatoes in large pot until just tender.
• Drain and transfer to a large bowl.
• Cool for 15 minutes or so.
• Mix bacon, celery, green and red onions, eggs and dressing into potatoes.
• Season with additional salt and pepper if needed.
• Chill.
• Note: I usually hold back about ¾ cup of the dressing to toss with salad just before serving.
• While chilling the potatoes soak up a good bit of the dressing and if not careful it can become dry. If this happens just moisten with a small amount of milk and stir to encorporate.

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and halve lengthwise. Cut lengthwise into 3/4-inch-thick wedges, then cut wedges crosswise into 1-inch pieces.
• Steam potatoes in a steamer over boiling water in a large pot, covered, until just tender, 10 to 12 minutes or boil which ever you prefer.
• While potatoes steam, whisk together mustard, vinegar, and salt in a large bowl, then add oil in a slow stream, whisking until emulsified.
• Add hot potatoes to dressing and gently toss to combine well. Cool salad to room temperature, about 15 minutes.
• Add scallions and salt to taste and gently toss.
• Salad (without scallions) can be made 2 hours ahead. Toss in scallions just before serving.

Steps:

• After dicing the red pepper, onion and sweet potatoes; toss with a little olive oil, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Roast in a 400F oven on a cookie sheet, covered with parchment paper or foil for easy clean up. They will take about 20 minutes. While your vegetables cook, dice your bacon and saute on medium heat until nice and crisp. Remove and drain on a paper towel and reserve 1 tablespoon of the bacon dripping for the salad dressing.
• As the vegetables and bacon cook, lets make the dressing. In a small bowl combine all the ingredients and whisk in the oil to make a nice vinaigrette.
• Toss the roasted vegetables (except the potatoes), with the scallions, celery, bacon, pecans fresh herbs and vinaigrette and mix well. Now add the potatoes in and toss lightly.
• This is a great potato salad and great for BBQs.

Steps:

• Place the potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water. Cover and bring to a boil; cook until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain thoroughly and cool slightly. , Meanwhile, combine the remaining ingredients. Cut potatoes into chunks; place in a bowl. Add the mustard mixture and toss to coat. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Put the potatoes in a pan of salted water, bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 8-10 mins or until cooked through - a cutlery knife should easily pierce them. Drain and leave to cool in a colander.
• Combine the mayo, mustard, vinegar, honey and eggs, then season well. Stir through the potatoes and half the spring onions, transfer to a serving dish and scatter over the remaining onions. Chill until you're ready to serve. Can be made 1 day ahead.