Christmas Tree Potato Salad with Ham
ツリー風ポテトサラダ（ハム）
By Aoi, licensed nutritionist · From a Japanese preschool lunch menu
This is the potato salad we serve at preschool for the Christmas season: the salad is shaped into a little cone like a tree and crowned with a star cut from carrot. Underneath the fun shape it is a classic Japanese-style potato salad, with potato, carrot, cucumber and ham in a mild mayonnaise-style dressing. Drying the boiled potatoes in the pot and seasoning them with vinegar and salt while they are still warm gives the salad a gentle flavor that soaks right in, and helps it hold its tree shape on the plate. Children love spotting the star on top, and the small, soft pieces are easy for little mouths.
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Ingredients
Amounts for 1 child (1 serving). An adult counts as 2 servings.
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Ingredients
- 60 gpotato
- 13.5 gcarrot
- 18 gcucumber
- 12 gham
Seasonings
- 1.8 gvinegar
- 0.2 gsalt
- 9 gegg-free mayonnaise (Mayodore)A Japanese egg-free mayonnaise-style dressing. Substitute: Any egg-free or vegan mayonnaise.
- 0.2 gsalt
- to tastepepper
About the Japanese ingredients in this recipe
- egg-free mayonnaise (Mayodore) (マヨドレ)
- A Japanese egg-free mayonnaise-style dressing. Substitute: Any egg-free or vegan mayonnaise.
Directions
- 1
Cut the potatoes into quarter-rounds and boil until tender. Drain in a colander, then return them to the pot and cook over heat, mashing lightly, to drive off excess moisture. While the potatoes are still warm, mix in the vinegar and salt to season them.
- 2
Cut star shapes out of the carrot with a cutter; cut the leftover carrot into quarter-rounds and boil it (or add it to a soup). Cut the cucumber into half-moons and the ham into short thin strips, and boil each separately. Rinse under running water to cool.
- 3
Squeeze the vegetables and ham from step 2 to remove excess water, then toss them with the potatoes from step 1, the egg-free mayonnaise (Mayodore), salt, and pepper.
- 4
Shape the salad into a tree (form the potato salad into a cone) and decorate the top with a carrot star.
Nutrition
| Per | 1 serving | 1 adult serving | Your total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 118.5 kcal | 237 kcal | 118.5 kcal |
| Protein | 3.6 g | 7.2 g | 3.6 g |
| Fat | 7.1 g | 14.1 g | 7.1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 13.1 g | 26.1 g | 13.1 g |
| Fiber | 6 g | 12 g | 6 g |
| Salt equivalent | 0.9 g | 1.8 g | 0.9 g |
| Calcium | 12 mg | 24 mg | 12 mg |
| Iron | 0.3 mg | 0.6 mg | 0.3 mg |
| Potassium | 358.5 mg | 717 mg | 358.5 mg |
| Energy | Protein | Fat | Carbs | Fiber | Salt equiv. | Calcium | Iron | Potassium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 serving | 118.5 kcal | 3.6 g | 7.1 g | 13.1 g | 6 g | 0.9 g | 12 mg | 0.3 mg | 358.5 mg |
| 1 adult serving | 237 kcal | 7.2 g | 14.1 g | 26.1 g | 12 g | 1.8 g | 24 mg | 0.6 mg | 717 mg |
Values are per serving (1.5× the Japanese preschool portion); an adult serving is double. They were calculated by a licensed Japanese nutritionist using the Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan. "Salt equivalent" is sodium × 2.54, the standard Japanese measure. Allergen flags cover egg, milk and wheat only and come from the nutritionist's records. Soy sauce and miso are made with wheat but are usually allowed on Japanese wheat-free school menus, so check with your doctor.
