15 Eggless Dairy-Free Potato Salad Recipes for Your Summer Picnic! – One Green Planet

Potato salad is usually made with boiled potatoes, herbs, veggies, and mayonnaise. While traditional mayo is made with eggs, there are many grocery stores that sell vegan mayo! Alternatively, you can make your own vegan mayo. Whatever you choose to do, you’ll have to try these vegan potato salad recipes! They’re delicious, creamy, and easy! There are classic versions and some more fun ones with ingredients like za’atar. Vegan potato salad is a delicious side dish for your next summer barbecue. With one of these, you’ll impress all of the guests there!

Once you’ve made one, you’ll want to try all 15 of these vegan potato salads from our Food Monster App!

1. Potato Salad With Green Herb Dressing

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You’ll probably agree that potato salad isn’t really a salad. It’s an entree. Making a wholesome vegan potato salad is easier than you might think. Try this Potato Salad With Green Herb Dressing
by Laine Rudolfa!

2. Asparagus Potato Salad With Tomato Caper Salsa

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If you love a healthy salad, then you have to try this Asparagus Potato Salad With Tomato Caper Salsa by Kristen Genton. It’s perfect for a light and tasty dinner.

3. Moroccan Sweet Potato Salad

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The words potato and salad don’t seem to generate a lot of excitement, but this Moroccan Sweet Potato Salad by Taylor Kiser is going to change that. The tender chunks of sweet potato are covered in roasted pistachios, chopped cucumbers, fresh tomatoes, a pinch of fresh mint, and then finished with a creamy cashew dressing that has the lemony perfume of Moroccan spices. This salad is truly unique.

4. Potato Salad

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It’s simple! It’s delicious! It’s a vegan spin on a summer favorite! You’ve gotta try this Potato Salad by Simona Malerba!

5. Fava Beans and Za’atar Potato Salad

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Potatoes are filling, versatile, and just plain delicious. Mix up your traditional potato salad with this recipe that features caramelized red onion, fava beans, and green olives. The Fava Beans and Za’atar Potato Salad by Marta Ansaldo and Mimma Sangiorgi is well-seasoned with za’atar, a Middle Eastern spice blend of thyme, sesame seeds, sumac, and more.

6. Creamy Dill Potato Salad

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What’s amazing about this recipe for Creamy Dill Potato Salad by Gabrielle St. Claire, is everything! It’s quick, easy, timeless, flavorful, and affordable! With it’s delicious flavor and aesthetic appeal, it will be perf for your next bbq!!

7. Lemony Mint Pesto Potato Salad

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This scrumptious and refreshing Lemony Mint Pesto Potato Salad by Jackie Newgent is full of wonderful flavors. Lemon, mint, garlic, pistachio and more combine to create a combination that you won’t forget! You’ll want to make it again and again.

8. Creamy Potato Salad

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Who doesn’t love potatoes? This Creamy Potato Salad by Olivia Budgen is simply dreamy – there is no other word for it.

9. Ensalada con Patatas Bravas: Spanish Potato Salad

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We know… patatas bravas is normally a fried potato dish. This is a spin on the heavy, fried, unhealthy classic version. This recipe for Ensalada con Patatas Bravas: Spanish Potato Salad by Smith and Daughters: A Cookbook (That Happens To Be Vegan) is fresher and brighter yet just as satisfying! Go ahead, fry or bake the potatoes and toss the sauce through. Because seriously, who doesn’t love potato salad? And no eggs means you can take this to picnics and have a light, tangy, spicy alternative that won’t go bad in the sun.

10. Warm Potato Salad with Green Herb Dressing

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This Warm Potato Salad with Green Herb Dressing by Alenoosh Matakupan is a good alternative to the classic potato salad. Serve it as a side, as an accompanying vegetable or as part of a buffet.

11. Potato Salad

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This recipe for Potato Salad by Wendy Irene is perfect for a summer BBQ or picnic! Everyone will be going back for seconds!

12. Fingerling Potato Salad With Lemon Herb Dressing

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Fingerling potatoes drizzled with a lemon herb dressing, a delicious side dish that complements any meal. Tangy vinaigrette with fresh thyme, rosemary, and Dijon mustard brings out their earthy flavors. This Fingerling Potato Salad With Lemon Herb Dressing by Jessica Gavin is the perfect side for any spring dish, but is especially perfect for barbecues and picnics.

13. German Potato Salad

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There are many variations of German potato salad. From hot to cold, with added veggie bacon, mustard, dairy-free mayo or pickles. In this tasty German Potato Salad by Kristina Stosek, the potatoes are marinated in a light vinaigrette flavored with a popular spice that is used in Germany called the caraway seed. This German potato salad is a wonderful addition to potlucks because it will keep for hours without being refrigerated

14. Fancy Pesto Potato Salad

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For the BBQ-lover with refined taste – this recipe is a classy take on a traditional potato salad. The recipe combines two of our favorite things, pesto and potatoes, into a ballet of flavors that is impressive and surprisingly simple. This Fancy Pesto Potato Salad by Anarki “AJ” Tjon Affo is super hearty, make a large batch, and is pretty easy on the wallet as well.

15. Grilled Potato Salad

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This Grilled Potato Salad by Pavani Nandula is a delicious dish that is great to make for bbqs, picnics and bring for potlucks. Since it is mayo-less, it is perfect to serve at room temperature.

If you loved these recipes, make sure to check out 15 Fancy, Eggless Potato Salads for Summer! and 15 Summery Pasta Salads For Your 4th of July Cookout!

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Reducing your meat intake and incorporating more plant-based foods into your diet is known to Support various health benefits, including reducing chronic inflammation, improving heart health, enhancing mental well-being, achieving fitness goals, meeting nutritional needs, managing allergies, and promoting gut health, among others. Dairy consumption also has been linked to many health problems, including acne, hormonal imbalance, cancer,  prostate cancer, and has many side effects.

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