Creamy Pesto Caprese Potato Salad is a delicious spring and summer salad that is lightened up with Greek Yogurt!
With my garden rapidly growing, my herbs and tomatoes are sprouting like CRAZY! They are so tasty and had to include them in this fresh Creamy Pesto Caprese Potato Salad! It's lightened up by using Greek yogurt in place of mayo, and you will love the fresh tang it brings to the Caprese Potato Salad!
Serve this potato salad alongside some delicious Air Fryer Hamburgers, Hot Dogs or Air Fryer Brats or these amazing Taco Stuffed Burgers for the perfect meal!
I wanted to use the fresh basil from my garden, which I was super excited about. I love growing different things and then using them in my meals! I harvested the basil and made a delicious creamy basil pesto! It's simple and all you really need is a blender or food processor. It turned out delicious!
I added grape tomatoes and chunks of fresh mozzarella to have a 'caprese' salad and then used Greek yogurt in place of the mayo to lighten the recipe up for summer. It turned out perfectly!
How to make Caprese Potato Salad:
**scroll down for full ingredients list and printable directions**
- Get all the ingredients together and prepped for the recipe.
- Cook the potatoes until tender, then strain and rinse with cool water to stop the cooking process.
- While cooking the potatoes, prepare the pesto.
- In a large mixing or serving bowl, combine cooled potatoes, tomatoes, mozzarella, and then add the creamy pesto on top. Using a spatula, carefully fold the pesto into the potatoes, making sure to coat evenly. *You don't want to mash the tomatoes or potatoes so do this carefully and slowly*
- Once evenly coated, cover and refrigerate for at least an hour. Serve and enjoy!
When to serve Creamy Pesto Caprese Potato Salad:
- Hosting a Memorial Day BBQ?! Whip this up and serve in a gorgeous serving bowl for your guests!
- This Creamy Pesto Caprese Potato Salad is always a hit over the fourth of July! Your fresh basil should be plentiful by then as well as your tomatoes!
- With Labor Day a hop skip away from the 4th, this salad can be made for any holiday occasion!
- Hosting friends for a pool party?! Cook this up the day before and allow flavors to meld in the fridge overnight - YUM!
- Serve alongside this delicious and healthy Air Fryer Fish!
Main course ideas to complete this meal:
This potato salad is delicious, so serve it alongside one of these main courses for the perfect meal!
- Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Black Bean Burgers
- Air Fryer Salmon
- Air Fryer Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings
- Air Fryer BBQ Chicken Wings
- Hawaiian Style Hot Dogs
- Air Fryer Chicken Tenders
- 1 cup packed fresh basil
- ¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive oil
- ¼ cup pine nuts or other nuts
- ¾ cup plain greek yogurt
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ TBS lemon juice
- 3 lbs red potatoes washed, dried, and cubed
- 2 cups grape tomatoes
- 8 ounces fresh mozzarella cubed
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Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Add potatoes and cook for 8 minutes. Strain and run cold water over potatoes to stop cooking.
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While cooking, prepare the pesto: In a food processor combine basil, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, black pepper, and salt. Pulse a few times to chop everything up. Once chopped, add lemon juice and start processing. Slowly add olive oil while mixing, and you will see the ingredients start to come together like a paste/pesto. I use about ¼th cup but you might use more or less. Turn off and scrape down sides. Add Greek yogurt to food processor, and then process for about 30 seconds or until completely combined.
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In a large mixing or serving bowl, combine cooled potatoes, tomatoes, mozzarella, and then add the creamy pesto on top. Using a spatula, carefully fold the pesto into the potatoes, making sure to coat evenly. You don't want to mash the tomatoes or potatoes so do this carefully and slowly.
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Once evenly coated, cover and refrigerate for at least an hour. Serve and enjoy!
First published in March 2016. Updated August 2023.
Shannah @ Just Us Four says
My basil plant is thriving right now so I will definitely be giving this a try. It looks delicious.
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
That sounds delicious and absolutely perfect for summer cookouts!
Dria @ Dio says
This sounds absolutely delicious! I love pesto and never thought to use it on potato salad, that's genius!
Debbie L. says
Your potato salad looks delicious! I love potato salad - I never thought to add pesto!
Amanda @ Growing Up Madison says
Oh this sounds absolutely divine. I'll just have to take out the nuts since I have nut allergy but other than that I so want to give this a try.
mamatomanyblessings says
Love pesto, I have never heard of adding greek yogurt to it, this sounds amazing!
Vanessa Barker says
Oh my gosh, this looks so amazing and refreshing for the summer. I've pinned it to try at our next BBQ
popcosmo says
Not only does your recipe look fabulously delish, your garden is amazing!! And so are your photos! Great recipe (and blog)!
Lexie Lane says
Basil is also really good and healthy and a natural antibiotic. I know I used to eat it quite a bit when I had pain during my pregnancy. But this pesto potato salad looks great and I would love to try this!
lisa galuna (@LisaGaluna) says
Looks Delicious I Can't Wait To Make The Recipe!!
Pam W says
This looks so mouthwatering! I would love to try this!
dee136 says
Everything is growing beautifully and this looks like a great recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Lois Alter Mark says
What a great idea for summer! Will definitely try it, and I'm so impressed at your green thumb!
Amy Desrosiers says
Oh my goodness, this sounds awesome and looks great! I have all the veggies needed too in my garden!
Virginia Higgins (@thatbaldchick) says
I usually don't eat potato salad, but this would be an exception! It looks so tasty!
Amanda says
That sounds really delicious. I loved when we planted potatoes in our garden! They did really awesome!
Rebekah says
I bet that's delicious! I never would have considered making a potato salad like that.
Danielle says
Your herb garden is beautiful. And this salad looks absolutely delicious!
Liz Mays says
I've got some basil that's about ready to be used too. Your salad sounds amazing!
Janeane Davis (@janeanedavis) says
It is really wonderful that you can grow part of the ingredients for your food yourself. The salad sounds so wonderful and delicious.
Fallon says
This looks great! I'm a huge fan of caprese salads & potatoes, so I can't wait to try this. I also really like the salad bowl shown in the pictures. Where did you get it?
Allyson says
The one in the front, the green one? It's from TJ Maxx, but I bought them about 3 years ago - love them though! I always see cute bowls there 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
JWEST says
looks great, it's 1:am not cooking now. can't print, too many pics to print, paste etc even copy paste to phone app for shopping...:(
J WEST says
I got it highlighted and printed to a e-document. look forward to trying this weekend
Allyson says
HI! Next time just scroll down to the recipe widget, and you can click print in the upper right hand corner. This makes it so just the recipe prints out for you!
April says
This is so delicious! That creamy pesto dressing is absolutely to die for.
Olivia says
This is the perfect summer salad! It is so creamy and delicious, thank you for the recipe!
Kristyn says
What a delicious twist on potato salad!! I love caprese anything, so I knew I had to try this!! So yummy & creamy!!
Beth says
Oh, this looks so good! I love potato salad, and I'm a huge fan of pesto. I can't believe I never tried them together before.
Erin says
Beyond delicious! I was so excited to make this!
Sandra says
This is so good! I love how creamy and delicious this is! Such a great meal for pesto lovers!
Catalina says
This potato salad looks so inviting! We make it a lot during summer so I can't wait to try it!