Goat cheese potato salad

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

I had a great trip to the farmer’s market where I just grabbed a few random things that looked good. When I got home I needed to figure out what I could make with some snap peas, cucumbers, and tomatoes. I headed over to my Google Reader and found this recipe for goat cheese potato salad. And I had everything I needed in the house!

This is a great alternative to mayo-based potato salads, especially if you love goat cheese as much as we do! You could throw in whatever veggies you have on hand. I think some bell peppers would be a nice addition.

Goat Cheese Potato Salad – from Ashlee
1 lb. baby yukon gold potatoes
1/2 pint cherry tomatoes, halved – I used about a pint
8 oz. snap peas, sliced into thirds
1 lemon, juiced
1 tbsp. EVOO
salt and pepper
1 sprig of fresh rosemary, minced – I omitted
4 oz. goat cheese, crumbled
1 cucumber, seeded and diced

Slice potatoes in half and place in a pot.

Fill with cold water to cover, bring to a boil and simmer until fork tender, about 15 minutes.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together lemon juice, EVOO, salt, pepper and rosemary.

Add tomatoes and snap peas, toss and place in the refrigerator.

Drain potatoes and rinse with cold water.

Place in a bowl and chill.

When potatoes have chilled, mix with other bowl of salad ingredients, crumble in goat cheese, gently mix and serve.

I am submitting this recipe to the What’s Cooking in the Orange Kitchen Veggie Roundup

Side Dish

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12 Responses to “Fig, Goat Cheese, and Caramelized Onion Crostini”

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Lauren — September 3, 2010 at 12:02 pm

Looks delicious! Goat cheese & fig is a timeless flavor combination :).
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Eliana — September 3, 2010 at 3:25 pm

Everything about these cute little bites looks amazing. I’m dreaming about all the wonderful flavors as I type right now.

Wandered over here from the Indecisive Baker blog and love it. Looking forward to reading more of your blog posts.
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kitchenmisfit — September 3, 2010 at 11:50 pm

I love everything about this recipe!
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We Are Not Martha — September 4, 2010 at 1:15 am

I love ANYTHING with caramelized onion! And I’m so excited to cook with figs 🙂 These look awesome!

Sues
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Fun and Fearless in Beantown — September 4, 2010 at 4:59 am

Figs, goat cheese and caramelized onions? Three of my favorite ingredients!
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Cara — September 4, 2010 at 1:40 pm

So you lost your fresh fig virginity! See, that wasn’t so bad! jk 🙂 I hope fresh fig season doesn’t fly by too quickly, I have some ideas I’d like to get to before they go away!
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newlywed — September 4, 2010 at 2:15 pm

These look both beautiful and delicious! A great appetizer recipe to impress guests.
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tobiascooks! — September 5, 2010 at 5:46 pm

Beautiful combo of ingredients. I love this kind of snack!
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nutmegnanny — September 7, 2010 at 2:55 pm

As soon as I saw goat cheese I knew I would love these! Yum!
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Justin — September 7, 2010 at 5:35 pm

sounds like a nice combination of flavors
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MamaFeelgood — September 23, 2010 at 9:16 pm

I just found all these goat cheese recipes and fainted.
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Julie — November 1, 2010 at 2:04 pm

I made this for a party this past weekend and it was a huge hit! Although, I did notice the fig flavor was almost non-existent. I couldn’t find black mission figs in the markets, so I used green. I think green figs are much more bland than black mission figs, so I wouldn’t recommend making this dish unless you can find black figs.