There are probably a hundred ways to make potato salad, and while I could be “SEO Optimized” and list all the different kinds that could be made, I’m not.  This is just your every day, ordinary, average potato salad.

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I have made probably a few hundred pounds of potato salad over the years (I worked in restaurants), and it’s all pretty basic – to me, at least.  Potatoes, mayo, and mustard if you’re a mustard potato salad kind of person.  Oh – and a few extra things to make it better!

If you’re like me and can’t manage to boil an egg (honestly – who can’t boil an egg??  Other than me, that is …), find an egg cooker.  My new one worked great except the first round I learned I need to fill with a bit more water to see if it will cook the eggs a little more.  I don’t have an aversion to raw eggs (shhh – I LOVE cookie dough!), but I am just not a raw-egg-eating kind of girl.  Soft boiled eggs gross me out.  But if you have trouble cooking or pealing boiled eggs – an egg cooker is your ticket to success!  I got this Maverick SEC-2 Henrietta Egg Cooker and it’s worked great!  Plus – it chirps when the eggs are done and looks like a hen!

Why make your own potato salad – store-bought is amazing and much easier!  Because I didn’t want to run to the store and spend money.  Because I wanted to.  Because I had the ingredients.  Because it’s cheaper.

Here’s how my grocery bill broke down:

• Potatoes:  5 lb bag = $3.72.  I used 2-3 pounds, or $1.50-2.25.  I’m going to confidently say I used 3 pounds for $2.25.
• Mayo:  my 30 oz mayo = $1.94.  I used a little over half, so probably about $1.00.  If I got a bigger container, my price per ounce would be a bit less.
• Eggs:  I used 3 at $0.14 each = $0.42.
• Onion:  I bought onions at $0.98/pound and I used a minimal amount, so let’s guesstimate $0.25.
• Seasonings:  pennies.  Maybe.  Depends on how expensive your seasonings are, and if you used fresh celery or celery seed.
• TOTAL COST:  $3.92

At our store, a 32 oz (2 pound) tub of potato salad is about $3.50, or $1.75/pound.

You’re right – I didn’t save much (3 pounds of store-bought potato salad would have been about $4.25), but I saved a little.  Yes – it is definitely more time consuming.  Your time might not be worth a “whopping” 33 cents, and that’s fine.  But I also didn’t want to drive to the store, therefore saving me time, fuel (because it was on the other side of town), and potential other purchases had I gone in there for “just potato salad”.  Typically, when I go in “just for …” I end up wishing I would have grabbed a cart!

PLUS – when we start harvesting things from the garden – you know, the one that I’m planning and that might end up taking up the entire yard?  The one where we plant a TON of potatoes?  Yeah – that one.  Well, once we start harvesting potatoes, my cost for 3 pounds of potato salad just went down to $1.67!

So in the event you want to try your hand at making your own potato salad, here we go!

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