Cookie's Potato Salad

Potatoes
Frozen mixed vegetables (or peas & carrots)
Olive oil, mayonnaise, lemon juice
Boiled eggs, Capers

Boil potatoes in skins. Cool until comfortable to handle, then peel and cut in about 1/2" dice. Add vegetables to potatoes. Mix mayonnaise and lemon juice and a little olive oil and fold into the vegetables. Garnish with sliced egg and capers. To make Russian potato salad, add dill, chopped dill pickle, and onion. Can also add a chopped Granny Smith apple.

Rose (Cookie) Castano, mother of my friend Angela Madera, frequently made this potato salad. While the ingredients are deceptively simple, it is beautiful as well as delicious. Cookie passed away at the age of 93 in November 2008.