Garden Potato Salad

I made the following recipe yesterday for our Memorial Day Linner. And it turned out exactly as the picture that accompanied the recipe in the magazine...food network mag. I didn't have all the spices to boil the potatoes with but I made do by improvising.

Ingredients

• 1 lemon
• 5 or 6 sprigs fresh parsley, plus 2 tablespoons chopped leaves
• 2 or 3 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cloves garlic, smashed
• 2 pounds small red-skinned potatoes, cut into 1/4-inch-thick rounds
• Kosher salt
• 4 medium carrots, cut into 1/4-inch-thick rounds
• 3/4 cup fat-free plain yogurt
• 1/4 cup low-fat mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon whole-grain or dijon mustard
• 3 scallions, minced, whites and greens separated
• Freshly ground pepper
• 2 stalks celery, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
• 1 small Kirby cucumber, cut into 1/4-inch-thick rounds

Directions

Peel a 2-inch-long strip of zest from the lemon; tie into a bundle with the parsley and thyme sprigs and bay leaf using kitchen twine. Put in a saucepan with the garlic, potatoes, 2 tablespoons salt and 8 cups water. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook about 10 minutes. Add the carrots and cook until the potatoes are tender and the carrots are crisp-tender, about 5 more minutes. Reserve 1/4 cup of the cooking water, then drain the vegetables and discard the herb bundle. Let cool.

Meanwhile, finely grate 2 teaspoons lemon zest and squeeze 3 tablespoons juice into a large bowl. Whisk in the yogurt, mayonnaise, mustard, scallion whites, chopped parsley, reserved cooking water, 1 teaspoon salt and 3/4 teaspoon pepper.

Add the potatoes, carrots, celery and cucumber to the dressing and toss. Chill about 4 hours. Top with the scallion greens.