Appealing 4th of July Potato Salad Recipes from Y!CN Writers

The 4^th of July is Independence Day in the United States, but it's also the biggest picnic day of the year for most patriotic American families. Families and friends gather after parades and before fireworks to celebrate this national holiday with fun foods and festive fare.

What's on the menu for your 4^th of July picnic? Perhaps you enjoy barbecued ribs, grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, fried chicken or another fine feast. Whatever the entree, you can bet you will also see at least one big bowl of potato salad.

Hot or cold, German or American, potato salad is a perennial favorite for 4^th of July picnics.

Need a fine potato salad recipe?

Here's an intriguing variety of delicious potato salad recipes from a host of Yahoo! Contributor Network writers.

Darlene Michaud's Easy Potato Salad Recipe includes hard-boiled eggs for a hearty picnic dish. Karen Barnes' Potato Salad Recipe adds mustard, mayonnaise, onion, and chopped celery.

Sandy James has a Great Potato Salad Recipe for Special Occasions that is positively pink, boasting beet juice and asparagus tips. James also offers a variety of Potato Salad Recipes , dressing up a basic batch with chili peppers, dill pickles, Spanish olives and other enticing ingredients.

M. Kay Heitkamp favors Bleu Cheese, Bacon and Chicken Potato Salad for a zesty 4^th of July picnic treat.

Which is your favorite, German or American potato salad?

If you are having trouble deciding between these two traditional picnic dishes, why not have both?

That's what Mary Lynn 321 does with Mom's American Potato Salad and Mom's German Potato Salad.

Who needs more help with potato salad preparation for a 4^th of July picnic?

Independence Day picnic hosts that still need culinary tips can check out Nancy Tracy's 5 Tricks for Making the Best Creamy and Savory Potato Salad.

Amy Brantley offers fancy foodie flavors with instructions for How to Make Gourmet Potato Salad. Elsewhere, Brantley goes back to the basics of How to Make Healthy Potato Salad.

Of course, in a pinch, 4^th of July potluck picnic guests might opt for C. Jeanne Heida's Quick & Easy: Tips for Making a 15 Minute Potato Salad .

However you slice it, an Independence Day gathering is never complete without a heaping helping of traditional potato salad. Don't forget the fresh sliced watermelon, either.

Grab a paper plate, and pull up a folding chair under the red, white and blue bunting. Happy 4^th of July!

More from this contributor:

Easy, Quick Fourth of July Recipes for Fun

Fourth of July Desserts and Treats

Fourth of July Recipes for a Festive Feast

Linda Ann Nickerson has written and published many helpful holiday how-to's, humor pieces, poems, and informative articles. Click her name at the top to view additional content from this prolific author.