{"id":56257,"date":"2016-08-20T19:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ellerepublic.de\/kartoffelsalat-mit-gruenen-bohnen-und-cherry-tomaten\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T12:21:07","slug":"potato-salad-with-green-beans-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellerepublic.de\/en\/potato-salad-with-green-beans-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Potato Salad with Green Beans and Cherry Tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This new potato salad with green beans and cherry tomatoes has seriously got it going on. All the textures and colors \u2013 together it\u2019s one ENORMOUS flavor party! It\u2019s almost impossible to imagine how just a handful of ingredients can wake up your mouth and make your tongue sing with utter glee!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you know, I love my weekly visits to the farmers market. Especially during the summer months when there is such an amazing assortment of fresh and flavorful foods. Just looking at the sea of stalls along the Isemarkt almost drives me to take a week of vacation so I cook even more! It\u2019s almost impossible to imagine enjoying everything there is to offer in such a short season. Or maybe it\u2019s just that I forget (took for granted) how lucky I am to have Europe\u2019s largest open-air market just steps away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During my last visit, I picked up some cute little red-skinned new potatoes. I love new potatoes. Since we only see them in summer, it about the only time I eat potatoes. The rest of the year is all about sweet potatoes for me. Although some supermarkets stock new potatoes, you are best to buy them at the farmers market since the freshness is incomparable, plus you\u2019ll have a chance to pick from a number of delicious heirloom varieties. With their sweeter less starchy taste and texture, they are a summer favourite for me. Plus their thin and delicate skin makes it so easy to prepare a perfect new potato salad. No peeling!<\/p>\n\n\n

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So I said I pretty much stick to new potatoes, but, admittedly I did eat a regular \u201cbaking potato\u201d just last week. You know\u2026 those extra-large potatoes. The ones you are supposed to fill with creamed spinach, sour cream or chili. Well I ate one of those during lunch at the Block House with my colleagues \u2013 something no one would think I would EVER do. It\u2019s just not my type of lunch place. I like light midweek lunches and mostly eat salads, Thai, Vietnamese\u2026 you get the idea. So what to order on a steak-heavy menu? Baked potato, no sour cream, with a salad. Sounds terribly boring, I know. But a simple potato with a little butter and salt can be pretty tasty. And as my mother taught me, I made sure to eat the potato skin. Now here it comes: I was enlightened by my colleague…did you know that the potato skin is poisonous? And not as healthy as I have been preached my whole life? So it\u2019s all been a hoax, an urban myth, a wives tale all these years? Apparently so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, it turns out it has something to do with increased toxins concentrated in the peel, just below the surface and in the sprouted \u201ceyes\u201d of old or sprouting potatoes and potatoes that are green or have a greenish color under the skin. Aha. Likewise, if part of it tastes bitter don\u2019t eat it. Another interesting tidbit…turns out, most commercially sold potatoes are screened for this toxin (called solanine<\/a>) but any potato will build up the toxin to dangerous levels if exposed to light or stored improperly. Good to know. So if it\u2019s green and sprouted, toss it! And in the future, I will disobey my mother and leave the skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So a big high five for this new potato salad with market fresh seasonal ingredients \u2013 it\u2019s healthy, easy, and over-the-moon delicious. The two of us ate this as a main for lunch, but I had really wished that I doubled it so I could enjoy some leftovers. If the thought of anchovies turns you off, trust me, don\u2019t skip them, they add a super tasty umami element. Just chop them up as small as possible; you will never notice they are there. This is a great compliment to a zucchini salad<\/a> like this one or as a side dish at your next BBQ.<\/p>\n\n\n

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