Summer Peach Salad

Enjoy peach season while it lasts and make this easy and delicious summer peach salad with honey vinaigrette.

Summertime salads are the best! They are easy to make and typically filled with seasonal ingredients found at the farmer’s market, local farm stand or your own garden. Here in NC it is peach season and I am averaging a peach or two a day. My favorite way to eat a fresh peach is all by itself. But I also enjoy a summer peach salad with honey vinaigrette and blue cheese. In fact it’s one of my favorite summer salads because it is simple to make and delicious.

Summer Peach Salad

Health Benefits of Peaches

• Did you know that more than 300 varieties of peaches grow in the US? And 2000 varieties grown world wide?
• Peaches are high in vitamins A, C and E, along with fiber and selenium.
• A great source of magnesium, iron, phosphorus, potassium and some B vitamins
• They are high in antioxidants.
• Contain magnesium which may help with stress relief.
• They aid in digestion, healthy skin and eye health.

What You Need to Make Summer Peach Salad

Making this salad is easy, you just need a few simple ingredients, including juicy peaches.

• 8-10 cups spring mix salad or arugula
• 2 peaches sliced
• 1/4 cup red onion thinly sliced
• 2 ounces blue cheese crumbled
• 1/3 cup toasted pecans roughly chopped

Basic Vinaigrette

• 3/4 to 1 cup olive oil, extra-virgin olive oil, or any good-tasting oil
  1/4 cup good-tasting vinegar or lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon honey
  1/2 teaspoon salt
  1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

How to Assemble Peach Salad

Place salad mix onto plate or into a salad bowl, the add the peach slices, onions, pecans and the blue cheese crumbles. Add vinaigrette and enjoy!

Place all ingredients into a jar or a small bowl. If using a jar, simply shake the ingredients until combined. If using a whisk, simply whisk rapidly until mixture comes together. Store leftovers in an airtight container.

Variations

• Substitute feta cheese, creamy goat cheese or fresh mozzarella
• Not a fan of pecans, add chopped pistachios, walnuts, pumpkin seeds or any other nuts and seed that you like
• Add additional stone fruits like plums and nectarines
• Use, Butter lettuce, Romain lettuce or spinach

Need more chopped salads? Try my strawberry and fresh herb salad  or roasted sweet potato spinach salad with maple candied walnuts.

Looking for peach recipes? I have lots on the blog, including Italian Peach coffee cake and peach blueberry crisp.

That’s All for Now

I hope that you enjoyed this delicious peach salad recipe. If you have a favorite recipe for peaches or vinaigrette please share.

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Enjoy peach season while it lasts and make this easy and delicious summer peach salad with honey vinaigrette.

• Total Time: 10 minutes
• Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

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8–10 cups spring mix salad or arugula

2 ripe peaches, sliced

1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion

2 ounces blue cheese crumbled

1/3 cup toasted pecans roughly chopped

Honey Vinaigrette

3/4 to 1 cup olive oil, extra-virgin olive oil, or any good-tasting oil

1/4 cup good-tasting vinegar or lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon mustard

1/2 teaspoon honey

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

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Instructions

Place the mixed salad greens or peppery arugula onto large platter or into a big bowl. Then add the fresh peaches, and red onions on top of the greens. Sprinkle with chopped pecans and the blue cheese crumbles. Drizzle with the homemade vinaigrette or set on the side to dress your own individual salad.

Place all ingredients into a mason jar or a small bowl. If using a jar, simply shake the ingredients until combined. Otherwise add all of the ingredients, except the olive oil into a bowl and

• Author: Elizabeth
• Prep Time: 10
• Category: Lunch/Dinner
• Cuisine: American