More potato salads for the mayophobic

Somebody help me… I can’t stop making potato salad. I’ve become a monster, out of control. Ever since I did my first post about gourmet potato salads for the mayophobic (yes, you, mayonnaise haters, at attention now!), I have offered to bring a potato salad to every function we’ve been invited to. I spend my free time scouring the internet for mayonnaise-free potato salad recipes (hint: search for “potato salad with vinaigrette”). Is there no end to the madness?

I think I can break free. I resisted the urge to offer a potato salad for a cookout we’re invited to this weekend, and instead will be bringing a green salad, likely my mesclun salad we’re addicted to here. Am I confessing too many food addictions in this post? What must you think of me?

Regardless, you’re getting a bunch of great potato salad recipes, courtesy of my addiction.

Speaking of addictions, I’m pretty sure Bobby Flay’s got a little problem. Not only does the guy have about four-thousand potato salad recipes, a disproportionate amount of them have bacon and bleu cheese in them. I get that this isn’t a bad thing, by any stretch of the imagination, but methinks Bobby and I may need the same 12-step program. I picked my favorite of the bunch, along with a couple others of his that were just to good not to mention:

Grilled red potato salad with bacon bleu cheese vinaigrette — This one’s got it all: hickory-smoked bacon, fresh parsley and that grill-y flavor.
Warm potato salad with mustard vinaigrette — Oh, Bobby Flay, you’re doing it to me again, with that honey and mustard, fresh basil and yes, bacon.
New potato salad with sauteed onion vinaigrette — He really does eat too many potatoes, doesn’t he?

Summer’s upon us, which inadvertently got me attracted to a group of refreshing (for lack of a better word) potato salads. They’ve got veggies!

Potato salad with herbs and grilled summer squash — Fresh herbs, lots of lemon and baby pickles make this one special.
Bavarian potato-cucumber salad — Dare to be different: try this recipe with a dash of nutmeg.
Potato and Corn Salad with Bacon, Bleu Cheese and Sherry Vinaigrette — This isn’t Bobby Flay’s recipe that I know of — although he has been known to contribute to Bon Appetit, says my dad — but it may as well be. This is the one pictured above that I made for Father’s Day, and it was scrumptious.
Green bean and fingerling potato salad with mustard shallot vinaigrette — Why do I love potatoes and green beans together so much? First my potato salad with green beans and pesto, and then salmon salad nicoise.

If it’s warm, does it become something other than a potato salad? While you ponder this existentialist question, enjoy these recipes for warm potato salad. I know you can do two things at once.

Grilled potato salad with orange chipotle vinaigrette – Citrus and smoky spice on grilled potatoes… oh yeah.
Warm bacon potato salad — The Neely’s came up with this beauty.
Warm potato tomato salad with dijon vinaigrette — Michael Chiarello’s at it again, making us salivate….
Potato salad with toasted cumin vinaigrette — Just the fact that a warming spice like cumin is in it makes this one comfort food with flair.

UPDATE: You can find even more potato salads for the mayophobic, because I can’t seem to stop writing about them….