Miss Kitty's Evolutionary Potato Salad (by Florida Native)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 8 -10 medium red potatoes, peeled, rinsed, and cubed
• 6 -8 hard-boiled eggs, coarsely chopped
• 2 celery ribs, finely diced
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 1 -1 1/2 cup hellmann's mayonnaise (when adding mayonnaise, depending on how much mayo you like, add 1/2 cup at a time until the desired)
• 1/8 teaspoon chili powder (to taste)
• 7 dashes paprika
• sea salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 3 -5 dill pickle spears, chopped (i use claussen)

Recipe

• 1 peel potatoes, rinse, slice and cube. place in boiling pot of water with salt and pepper to your taste. boil 10-15 minutes, or until just tender when pierced with a fork.
• 2 remove from heat, drain, and cool potatoes.
• 3 peel and rinse hb eggs. quarter, then coarsely chop in chunks. set aside.
• 4 in a large bowl, add potatoes, celery, and eggs.
• 5 add mustard, 1/2 cup mayonnaise, chili powder, and paprika. stir to blend.
• 6 taste test; add more mayo to your taste and sea salt and ground pepper to taste.
• 7 add chopped dill pickles last and stir to mix.
• 8 taste test again. adjust mayo, salt and pepper if needed.
• 9 note: additional mayonnaise can be added to get salad to desired consistency. i usually add a little "extra" as it seems to get absorbed by the potatoes and i don't like it dry.