Recipe: Lebanese Potato Salad

The comfort food of many cultures, this starchy tuber is excellent boiled, mashed, roasted, fried, and sauteed. Potatoes have the stereotype of being a carbohydrate with no real nutritious value, but eaten with the skin the potato has a lot to offer! The skin of a medium sized potato provides vitamin C, potassium, vitamin B6, and fiber equivalent to the amount in whole grain breads and cereals.

Most people peel the skin because potatoes are notorious for being one of the most chemical intensive crops. In fact, potatoes can contain traces of up to 35 different types of pesticides. Losing the skin, means losing all the nutrition, a great reason alone to buy organic potatoes.

An easy healthy recipe for potatoes:

Lebanese Sauteed Potatoes with Mint-Lemon Dressing

The original recipe called for boiled potatoes and raw onion, but in this recipe we sauteed the potatoes with the onion and a little garlic

Ingredients (serves 2):

6-8 small potatoes

1 small onion

handful mint finely chopped

juice of 2 small lemons

a few cloves garlic

3 tbsp olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

1. Boil potatoes with skin till tender, remove from heat then cut into cubes with ,
2. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a skillet then add sliced onions and cloves of garlic. Add the potato pieces and lightly saute till skin is crispy
3. Make a quick dressing by whisking together the remaining oil, lemon juice, chopped mint, salt and pepper
4. Pour the dressing over hot potatoes

The healthy option:

Boil the potatoes, allow to cool, then toss with dressing and sliced raw onions for a low-calorie summery potato salad