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My fresh Grilled Peach Salad recipe is a must-try for peach lovers! This light, flavorful salad with grilled peaches is ready in just 10 minutes and is so easy to make using a handful of ingredients. You can customize it how you like, or serve it as-is alongside your favorite BBQ recipes for the summer! Enjoy!
Grilled Peaches Salad
The taste of fresh peaches is one of my favorite things about summer. As soon as they're in season, I love going to the store or a farmer's market with my family and picking up ripe peaches to make all kinds of meals or even to peel and freeze for later in the year!
My grilled peaches salad recipe makes a great main course salad or side dish for BBQ. I guarantee you will love the flavor of this fresh and easy summer salad recipe!
So good! This salad quickly became a favorite for us.
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Peach Salad Ingredients
- Peaches
- Olive oil
- Arugula, baby spinach or greens of your choice
- Cherry tomatoes
- Blueberries
- Sliced almonds
- Feta Cheese
- Salt and Black Pepper to taste
Orange Salad Dressing Ingredients
- Extra-virgin Olive oil
- Orange juice
- Dijon mustard
- Sugar
Or, change it up with my salad dressing recipes!
Peach Salad Recipe
How to Grill Peaches
- Cut peaches into slices and toss gently with oil.
- Grill for 2-3 minutes on each side until the peaches have gentle grill marks on both sides.
- Remove and set aside.
Orange Vinaigrette
- Add olive oil, orange juice, dijon mustard, and sugar to a bowl, and mix thoroughly until combined. Alternatively, you can add it to a jar and shake it to mix, or to a salad dressing bottle.
- Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Salad with Grilled Peaches
- Layer arugula (or greens of choice) in a salad serving bowl.
- Add a layer of sliced cherry tomatoes.
- Add blueberries on top.
- Top salad with grilled peaches. I like to fan them out around the salad to show off the grill marks.
- Top with feta cheese and dressing.
- Serve with sliced almonds and enjoy!
Peach Salad Variations
- If peaches aren't in season, grilled pineapple is absolutely delicious with this salad recipe!
- Use different cheese: mozzarella and feta cheese are amazing on this salad.
- Add nuts to this salad: pecans and toasted pine nuts are amazing.
- I love adding onion to this recipe, especially red onions.
- Balsamic glaze is also great to use as a dressing.
- Basil leaves are also a nice addition to this salad.
- Add lemon juice for an added zip of flavor.
Grilled Peach Salad FAQs
Grilling peaches soften the flesh of the peach and draw out the sugars, resulting in caramelized, soft peaches that are incredibly flavorful.
You do not need to peel peaches to grill them. However, if you prefer to remove the peach skins, you can. Follow my guide on How to Peel Peaches if you'd like to peel the peaches first.
A peach should be ripe but still firm before placing it on the grill. If your peaches are too soft already, they may soften too much when grilling. So make sure to choose a firm peach, but not an unripe one.
If your peaches are still a little ripe and you want to ripen them to grill, you can place them in a brown paper bag and close it tightly. You can add another fruit, such as an apple or a banana, to help ripen the peaches more quickly. Leave it on the counter and allow the peaches to ripen for 24 hours - but you should check sooner than that to make sure they aren't becoming overripe.
Peach Recipes
Easy Salad Recipes
Grilled Peach Salad
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 peach
- ½ Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 handful arugula - (or other greens of your choice)
- 1 handful cherry tomatoes - sliced
- ¼ cup blueberries
- 1 Tablespoon almonds - sliced
- ½ Tablespoon feta cheese - crumbled
For dressing
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon orange juice
- ⅛ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon sugar
Instructions
- Cut the peaches into slices (approx 8 slices) and toss gently with oil. Grill for a couple minutes each side until you have gentle grill marks. Carefully take off the grill and set aside.1 peach,½ Tablespoon olive oil
- Place the arugula in the bottom of a wide bowl (or 2 smaller, if you prefer to divide).1 handful arugula
- Top with sliced cherry tomatoes.1 handful cherry tomatoes
- Top with fresh blueberries.¼ cup blueberries
- Add your grilled peaches over top.
- Whisk together the dressing ingredients and drizzle over the top. Add feta cheese over top.½ Tablespoon feta cheese,1 Tablespoon olive oil,1 Tablespoon orange juice,⅛ teaspoon Dijon mustard,¼ teaspoon sugar
- Serve with sliced almonds and enjoy!1 Tablespoon almonds
Notes
- If peaches aren't in season, grilled pineapple is absolutely delicious with this salad recipe! You can use canned pineapple or fresh, but fresh will have the best flavor.
- If you prefer a milder cheese, I recommend mozzarella pearls. Alternatively, change up the flavor with goat cheese crumbles. Goat cheese is incredible with peaches.
- To make a nut-free salad, swap out the almonds for toasted pine nuts. Alternatively, for an alternative to almonds, pecans are excellent.
- Try out different lettuces! Baby arugula has a nice bitter flavor that balances out the sweet, but it's also lovely with spinach or simple mixed greens.
- Balsamic glaze or balsamic vinaigrette is also great to use as a dressing.
- Basil leaves, fresh mint, or other fresh herbs are also a nice addition to this salad. Salads are the perfect way to make use of fresh herbs!
- Add more savory flavors by including sliced red onions or a sliced grilled meat.
myblissfulmess says
I've never grilled peaches before and wanted to know how. Thank you so much for that info. This salad looks amazing!
Gen says
New summer favourite. Love that the dressing isn't balsamic based. Works great with walnuts. Important your peaches are ripe enough for your liking or it can get a bit tart. Thank you so much, this has really gotten me into salads with fruit!
Isabel Laessig says
So glad you enjoyed it, Gen! Thank you for leaving us a review!