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Summer Peach Salad with Pesto Dressing

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You may have noticed an uptick in salads on this blog recently.

Summer Peach Salad with Pesto Dressing | Whisk and Shout


My pasta lovers, don’t worry, I’ve still got plenty of offerings for you.

However, now that I’m home from college, I’m always craving the foods that are harder to get on campus: fresh berries, kale, homemade salad dressing. At any college there’s an abundance of carbs, prepackaged food, and late night junk, so when I get home, I’m all about fresh foods.

Summer Peach Salad with Pesto Dressing | Whisk and Shout

Plus, it’s summer. It’s super hot outside, and I have no desire to be turning on an oven (unless it’s really worth it) or eating piping hot bowls of pasta or soup. My body temperature doesn’t self-regulate well enough to permit that!

Summer Peach Salad with Pesto Dressing | Whisk and Shout

This salad brings out the best of peach season. Fresh peaches are tossed with baby kale, avocado, walnuts, and crumbled feta and topped with a delicious mint and basil pesto vinaigrette. Summer in a bowl!

Summer Peach Salad with Pesto Dressing | Whisk and Shout

Enjoy xx

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Summer Peach Salad with Pesto Dressing
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Recipe type: Salad, Appetizer, Side, Lunch
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Serves: 2-3 as a main, 4-6 as a side
 
This fresh peach salad combines baby kale, avocado, and peaches with feta and walnuts and is dressed with a herb pesto vinaigrette!
Ingredients
  • 2½ cups baby kale, rinsed
  • 2 peaches, sliced
  • half an avocado, diced
  • ¼ cup walnuts, divided
  • ½ cup fresh basil
  • 2-3 mint leaves
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • juice of half a lemon
  • ¼ cup crumbled feta
Instructions
  1. In a food processor combine 2 tbsp walnuts, basil, mint, olive oil, and lemon.
  2. Toss pesto dressing with baby kale and top with peaches, avocado, crumbled feta, and remaining 2 tbsp walnuts.

 

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  3. David @ Spiced says

    Oh, college food. I remember those days. My roommate would order a pizza every night at midnight to eat while he watched late night tv shows. (He was one of those annoying people who can eat anything and still not gain weight.) I’m loving the salads lately, Medha…especially the peaches in this one. Yum!

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  10. marcie says

    You’ll never hear me complain about a lot of salad recipes — bring them on! Especially when they look this amazing with a pesto dressing — this looks delicious, Medha!

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  14. Rachel @ Bakerita says

    I am dying to dig into that salad! It looks incredible, especially with those scrumptious peaches. I’m alllll about basil dressings, so I’m loving this pesto one. This salad is definitely going on my MUST make list! 🙂

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  22. Monica says

    I totally crave fresh produce and salads far more in the summer. This looks like a delicious, refreshing lunch! Great mix of flavors with the peach and pesto dressing.

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