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!
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. I wanted it to be healthy though, not mayo based, so I decided to experiment with greek yogurt. It turned out delicious!
I added grape tomatoes and chunks of fresh mozzarella to have a 'caprese' salad, and it would great! Using the greek yogurt in place of the mayo in the 'creamy pesto' really lightened things up, and made the flavor of the fresh basil pop.
Great times to serve this 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!
- 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!
Shannah @ Just Us Four
My basil plant is thriving right now so I will definitely be giving this a try. It looks delicious.
Robin (Masshole Mommy)
That sounds delicious and absolutely perfect for summer cookouts!
Dria @ Dio
This sounds absolutely delicious! I love pesto and never thought to use it on potato salad, that's genius!
Debbie L.
Your potato salad looks delicious! I love potato salad - I never thought to add pesto!
Amanda @ Growing Up Madison
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
Love pesto, I have never heard of adding greek yogurt to it, this sounds amazing!
Vanessa Barker
Oh my gosh, this looks so amazing and refreshing for the summer. I've pinned it to try at our next BBQ
popcosmo
Not only does your recipe look fabulously delish, your garden is amazing!! And so are your photos! Great recipe (and blog)!
Lexie Lane
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)
Looks Delicious I Can't Wait To Make The Recipe!!
Pam W
This looks so mouthwatering! I would love to try this!
dee136
Everything is growing beautifully and this looks like a great recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Lois Alter Mark
What a great idea for summer! Will definitely try it, and I'm so impressed at your green thumb!
Amy Desrosiers
Oh my goodness, this sounds awesome and looks great! I have all the veggies needed too in my garden!
Virginia Higgins (@thatbaldchick)
I usually don't eat potato salad, but this would be an exception! It looks so tasty!
Amanda
That sounds really delicious. I loved when we planted potatoes in our garden! They did really awesome!
Rebekah
I bet that's delicious! I never would have considered making a potato salad like that.
Danielle
Your herb garden is beautiful. And this salad looks absolutely delicious!
Liz Mays
I've got some basil that's about ready to be used too. Your salad sounds amazing!
Janeane Davis (@janeanedavis)
It is really wonderful that you can grow part of the ingredients for your food yourself. The salad sounds so wonderful and delicious.
Fallon
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
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
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
I got it highlighted and printed to a e-document. look forward to trying this weekend
Allyson
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!