Ooh, I Made a Recipe!: Grilled Balsamic Peach Salad
First, I just need to get it out there, I am so excited about my photos for this post!
Ok, enough back patting for one blog post.
A few weeks ago I went to California Pizza Kitchen for lunch and had the tastiest salad with grilled peaches. Who would have thought to grill peaches? Plus it was a wonderful mental escape from the 20-degree Boston weather (I know all of you folks out there who live in warmer climates are jealous!) since I associate peaches with summer.
I loved it so much, and because I am always looking for way to eat my daily greens in way that is more interesting than simply tossing in some tomato wedges and cucumber slices (which is not only boring, but it usually induces me to turn instead to a much less healthy food choice, usually involving some sort of processed carbohydrate), I decided to come up with my own version of the salad.
Ingredients:
1 peach (I used bottled peach halves since they are not in season)
1 cup of salad greens
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons candied pecans
2 tablespoons gorgonzola cheese
drizzle of olive oil
Directions:
1. Coat the peaches in balsamic vinegar (note: had I planned this out better, I probably would have let the peaches marinate in the balsamic vinegar for a couple hours, alas I only did this for a few minutes)
2. Grill the peaches for a few minutes on each side until they are slightly browned
3. Mix the remaining balsamic vinegar with the olive oil to make a dressing and toss the salad greens in it
4. Top the salad with the peaches, cheese, and pecans
Enjoy!
Wow! That looks yummy! I'm totally making it this week, but I will sub feta for the gorganzola. I am NOT a blue cheese fan!
ReplyDeleteI think feta would work great as well. For some reason I'm not a huge fan of it....I guess I prefer stinkier cheeses :-)
DeleteI am not a big salad fan, but even I think that looks totally tasty! My hubby would LOVE it! :)
ReplyDeleteNice! It's super easy to make, and it might even make you like salads a little more ;-)
DeleteThis looks so good. I would add a ton more cheese and have myself a field day with this salad. Visiting from SITS! Andrea @ be-quoted.com
ReplyDeleteI do love cheese as well (and makes salad-eating that much more enticing!) Thanks for stopping by, Andrea.
DeleteAnd my grill ran out of propane Sunday. Crap.
ReplyDeleteI used a grill pan on my stove (too cold to grill outside for me!)
DeleteThis looks so good...all favorite ingredients of mine:) Will have to try sometime soon!
ReplyDeleteIt was definitely very tasty and I nice break from my usual (read: boring) salad :)
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