Little Kid Kind Of Salad On A Lazy Day In Summer

Just in case you had forgotten, I'm not much of a salad maker.  After pondering why this is, I think it's because I'm not much of a salad eater.  If I don't eat it, why would I make it, right?  Growing up is good for the palate, however, and I do find myself enjoying more and more salads in life.  But this one, I would have loved even when I was little and the idea of something crunchy or even mushy in my mouth was revolting!

I'm again, not sure where I rounded this recipe up, but it is a keeper!

Ranch Potato Salad

2 lbs potatoes, cubed into bite-sized pieces
8 oz Ranch Dressing
1 cup cheddar cheese
2.8 oz bacon bits
onion powder and garlic salt to taste

Cook the potatoes until they are just tender.  Don't cook too long or they will fall apart!  Run cool water over potatoes until they are cool.

In the meantime, mix the rest of the ingredients together.  Once the potatoes are cool, mix they in with the rest.  Refrigerate for at least 2-3 hours.  Don't judge the taste until you let it cool for a while!

How easy is that???  It's a salad, but there's nothing in there that is offensive to the little ones-well, unless you are Bubba who doesn't like Ranch dressing.  What's up with that?  What kid doesn't each Ranch dressing?  Mine, apparently!

As a variation that I haven't tried yet, instead of using the 8 oz of Ranch dressing, use 1 cup of sour cream and one package of dry ranch dressing mix.

My sister just let me know that her family called the salad a hit, too, and was sad that I brought it home with me last night!  Hooray for me!  Hooray for me what, though-for making a salad that everyone likes or hooray for me for bringing it home so now I can eat it for lunch myself! :)

As an aside, can you believe the hot weather?  I went out to feed and water the animals this morning and by the time I was done I had pretty much decided that that was about all I was going to do today.  That's why they are called the "lazy days of summer", right?!  Heat indexes of 108 degrees are not my idea of good, well, pretty much anything, weather.  On my way back to the house, I stopped by the mini garden patch to check out the peas and saw that the rhubarb plant was in need of being baked, so I pulled about 4 cups worth of stems.  I was in need of a good Rhubarb Crunch fix anyway.  But when I got back to the house and cleaned and cut them all up I realized that now my oven is going to have to be on for a WHOLE HOUR???!!!  What was I thinking???  Oh well.  I guess when the crunch comes out of the oven, I'll just have to have a bowl topped with nice, cold ice cream to overcome the heat! :)

Stay cool everyone!