Potato salad is great for summer picnics and barbecues. You can buy it from a store, but making it yourself is better.

Store-bought potato salad can have too much mayonnaise, making it too creamy. This can make the texture bad and the flavor weak.

A recipe developer shared two ingredients to make store-bought potato salad better.

She likes to add her own touch to store-bought food to make it taste better. Store-bought potato salad has improved over time.

Bacon can make potato salad taste better.

Store-bought potato salad can taste flat and be too creamy. Adding some ingredients can make it better.

The first ingredient is bacon, which makes any dish taste better. The bacon fat is also used.

Smoked bacon is a good choice because it goes well with grilled foods.

Cook the bacon until it is crispy, then chop it into small pieces. This adds flavor and texture.

Use some of the bacon grease in the potato salad. The second ingredient is vinegar.

Add a little vinegar to the potato salad to make it less creamy.

Adding vinegar to store-bought potato salad can make a big difference. It helps balance the flavors.

Vinegar adds freshness to the potato salad and balances the creamy texture.

To make your potato salad less creamy, add a little vinegar. If you don't have vinegar, you can use lemon juice instead.