Healthy convenience is queen in our kitchen, and this delicious green salad with potatoes and green beans is the ultimate for summertime potlucks! 132 calories and 3 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP. Thank you to The Little Potato Company for helping me share this recipe with you.
This is our reality right now: three-quarters of our possessions are either in a storage unit in Seattle, in boxes in our garage or part of the ever-growing bubble-wrapped tower forming in our near-empty living room. Ah, the joys of moving! With a good deal of my kitchen paraphernalia wrapped and packed, I am cooking meals with one goal in mind…convenience.
Over the past week, “convenience” has included a dinner of take ‘n bake pizza and a trip to our favorite food truck. But the rest of the meals came out of our kitchen, using limited tools and a select few convenience ingredients, such as rotisserie chicken, canned beans and oven/grill ready potatoes.
Even though the total prep time for this salad is listed as 55 minutes, there are only 15 minutes of hands-on time. The remaining 35 to 40 minutes is delegated to cooking the potatoes. With the Little Potato Company Oven/Grill Ready Creamer potatoes, all you have to do is toss the potatoes with olive oil and the seasoning package and pop them into the oven or grill to cook. No peeling required. Now that’s convenience! In this recipe, I used the Barbecue Blend, but any of the flavors would work well.
As for the rest of the salad, all that’s needed is a bowlful of spring salad mix, some cherry tomatoes and a portion of tender-crisp green beans. And the dressing, of course. If you have a blender, you can make the dressing in under 2 minutes. A mixture of low fat buttermilk and Greek yogurt make the dressing creamy, but light. A dollop of Dijon mustard, a little garlic and a big handful of basil leaves add awesome flavor and color.
Serve up this salad with a cut up rotisserie chicken, some quickly cooked pork chops or even eggs, cooked your favorite way.
You can make this salad ahead of time, but I recommend dressing it right before serving so that the greens don’t become wilted. It’s the perfect summertime potluck salad!
Other recipes with Creamer potatoes:
Cookin’ Canuck’s Slow Cooker Turkey & Potato Soup
Cookin’ Canuck’s Southwestern Potato Wedges with Red Pepper Jalapeño Dip
The Recipe Rebel’s 30 Minute BBQ Sausage, Peppers & Potato Skillet
The Cookie Writer’s BBQ Potatoes & Vegetable Medley
I Love Vegan’s Crispy Potatoes with Vegan Ranch Dressing
Roasted Potato Green Bean Salad with Basil Buttermilk Dressing
Ingredients
- 1 pound Little Potato Co. Oven|Grill Ready potatoes I used Barbecue Blend
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 ounces green beans trimmed & cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
- 6 cups spring lettuce mix
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
The Dressing:
- 1/4 cup low-fat buttermilk shaken
- 1/4 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
- 12 large basil leaves.
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 clove garlic grated
- 1/2 teaspoon agave nectar or honey
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Prepare the potatoes according to package directions: Remove and discard the cardboard and plastic film. Mix the potatoes with the olive oil and enclosed seasoning package. Cook until the potatoes are tender, 30 to 40 minutes.
- Let the potatoes rest until cool enough to handle and cut each in half with a sharp knife.
- Bring a medium saucepan of water to a boil. Prepare a medium bowl of ice water.
- Add the green beans to the boiling water and cook until the green beans are just tender, 1 to 2 minutes. Drain and immediately plunge into the ice water.
- In a large serving bowl, combine the potatoes, green beans, spring lettuce mix and tomatoes.
- Toss the salad with the dressing. Serve.
The Dressing:
- In a blender, combine the buttermilk, yogurt, basil leaves, Dijon mustard, garlic, agave nectar (or honey) and salt. Blend until smooth.
Notes
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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by The Little Potato Company as part of a brand ambassadorship program. All opinions are my own.
Carolyn says
This seriously looks like the perfect summer salad.
Jocelyn (Grandbaby cakes) says
I love the flavor of this!!! Great for summer picnics.
Annie says
We are in the middle of moving too…it is awful! I’m not sure I will make it lol! I’m going to be living on meals like this until we get settled! I love that you added basil to the dressing!!
Matt says
This has summer picnic written all over it. My kind of salad for sure!
Stephanie says
I am definitely making this salad! Yum!!
Aggie says
I’ve been thinking of you and your moving process!! Hoping all goes smooth <3
This is the best looking salad I've seen in a while – love the addition of potatoes!! YUM!
JulieD says
I love this so much!! Sign me up always if there’s a potato involved!
Sharon @ What The Fork Food Blog says
I love the Little Potato microwave ready potatoes but I haven’t tried the grill/oven ones yet – can’t wait!
Patricia @ Grab a Plate says
These little potatoes! Yes! I love this switch up from the traditional potato salads. The greens AND green beans are a fabulous addition!
Katerina @ Diethood says
Truth. I just really want to pick off and eat up those crispy little potatoes. 😀 Really looking forward to trying them!
Dee says
This salad looks so good! The thing I hate most about moving is not being able to cook for a few days. Best of luck with the move!
Sabrina Modelle says
Wow. Super tasty looking salad, Dara. Love grilled potatoes, definitely pinning for later!
Rachel @ Rachel Cooks says
This looks absolutely perfect! I’m obsessed with potatoes right now.
Alison says
I’ve never seen these potatoes at our grocery store. Could I just use a pound of cooked red potatoes?
Nicole says
I’d eat a lot more salad if they had potatoes in them! LOL
Megan {Country Cleaver} says
This salad is definitely the full meal deal!!
Monique @ Ambitious Kitchen says
I keep wanting to try these potatoes from the little potato company. They look absolutely perfect and I’m crushing on the basil dressing situation!
Kim Beaulieu says
This is just stunning. I love potatoes so very much, so I’m also up for fun new ways to use them. I could eat this recipe all day long and keep coming back for more.
rachel - a southern fairytale says
Holy Yum, Dara!!! That salad looks amazing, I love the potatoes and green beans and the basil buttermilk dressing! Yes, please. Adding this to our post vacation menu plan!
C. Marie says
Looking forward to eating this salad! Can’t wait to pick up fresh basil and veggies at my farmers’ market today.