Maple Bourbon Grilled Peach Salad

Summer is one of the best food seasons. All the fresh fruit, corn-on-cob, barbecue. There’s really nothing I don’t like about summer food.  But for some reason, I struggle with side dishes.

I have a handful of favorite “go-to” recipes, but sometimes, I just crave something new and fresh. This grilled peach salad is just that. It’s become my new favorite recipe for entertaining at during the summer. It doesn’t require an turning on the stove or oven, and you can prepare it while you’re prepping and grilling the rest of your meal.

It’s super easy because the base of this salad is made of Taylor Farms’ new Maple Bourbon Bacon Chopped Salad Kit. All I did was add the grilled peaches. It couldn’t have been easier, and I love that.

The maple bourbon vinaigrette is just made for the sweet grilled peaches.The kit includes crisp romaine lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, green onion and carrots (all chopped and ready to go),  and did I mention the bacon and golden honey almonds?

How to grill peaches for salad

Have you ever grilled peaches before? It’s so simple. Normally I grill my peaches as halves, but I quartered them this time to get a little extra flavor and speed things up a little bit.

To grill your peaches, preheat the grill to high (about 450˚F). Quarter them and remove the pits and brush them with a little olive oil so they don’t stick to the grill.

Grill for 5 – 7 minutes, turning once so you get those beautiful grill marks on both sides of the slices. The peaches should be slightly soft when they’re done. Remove them from the grill and allow them to cool for about 5 minutes before adding to the salad.

Prepare your salad

1. To assemble your salad, add the contents from your Taylor Farms Chopped Salad Kit to a large bowl, setting aside your dressing pack. Stir salad ingredients to combine.
2. Top with grilled peaches.
3. Drizzle dressing over salad. If desired, add 1 – 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar and extra virgin olive oil to stretch the dressing to accommodate the added peaches.
4. Serve with freshly toasted crostini or croutons.

Make the dressing go further

The Maple Bourbon Bacon Chopped Salad Kit comes with the perfect amount of dressing for the salad, but any time I add to salad kits (which I actually do all the time, since they’re a great base for any recipe), I like to add a tiny bit of extra liquid to dress the added ingredients.

I usually do this my adding a teaspoon or two of vinegar, but you can also add equal parts olive and vinegar, or even a splash of water if you want to keep things light. Since the maple bourbon vinaigrette is made with apple cider vinegar, I went with that and I added about 1 teaspoon when I added my dressing. You can mix it into the dressing itself or just add it straight into the salad before you stir it all up.

More summer salad recipes:

• Strawberry poppyseed salad
• Tomato salad recipe
• Farro salad recipe
• Easy macaroni salad
• Spicy cucumber salad
• Mexican street corn salad
• BLT pasta salad

More peach recipes:

• Ginger peach galette
• Sparkling peach tea mocktail
• Peach almond cake

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