Summer Cookouts

Jennifer Iserloh, The Skinny ChefThe other day, I was visiting my friend Leslie Dantchik, author of the Alphabites blog. While preparing lunch, we caught up on gossip, talking about summer plans and dreaming of cookouts when the sun sets.

"Why don't we make chicken salad with grapes and shaved fennel?" I asked before we hit the market. Leslie is not a big mayo fan although I love it, so we prepared a "no mayo" chicken salad that not only tastes delicious, but had the same creamy dressing that you find in most mayo-based dishes, like macaroni and egg salad.

Inspired by the flavor and texture, I wanted to make a potato salad that used Greek yogurt just like her chicken salad. Why not please people of both camps, mayo fans and anti mayo crowd? So here's a lean, flavorful potato salad along with other healthy picnic favorites that you can make for your next summer cookout. To make your cookout healthier and tastier simply make these swaps:

-Instead of hotdogs try corn dog bites.
-Instead of potato chips and dip, try whole grain tortilla chips with grapefruit olive salsa.
-Instead of fried chicken try quinoa crusted chicken fingers.

Get The Skinny Chef's Hold the Mayo Potato Salad recipe.

Nutritional stats per serving (1/4 pound):
175 calories, 5 g protein, 28 g carbohydrates, 4 g faaudit (1g saturated), 3 mg cholesterol, 0 g fiber, 375 mg sodium