Recipe: https://eatsimplefood.com/peach-fig-arugula-salad/
Serves 3 as a main
Ingredients:
• 5 ounces arugula
• 2 small peaches, sliced
• 8 figs, sliced
• ¼ red onion, thinly sliced
• ½ cup pecans, chopped
• ½ cup blue cheese, crumbled
• ⅓ cup favorite vinaigrette
Directions:
• In a large bowl: toss the arugula with a little bit of dressing and plate.
• Add peaches, figs, onions, and pecans to bowl. Mix in a little vinaigrette and add to plated arugula.
• Garnish with blue cheese. Happy Eating! Beckie
This fresh peach, fig, and arugula salad recipe is topped with blue cheese and pecans. Toss peach and fig salad with your favorite store bought vinaigrette or make my white wine, honey, and olive oil salad dressing.
Peach, Fig, and Arugula Salad Variations
Any type of fig will work with this peach, blue cheese, and arugula salad but the most common grocery store figs are black mission and brown turkey. Both are darker on the outside and a beautiful pink inside. Use Turkish figs if you got ’em, they are a little sweeter than most.
Don’t have pecans? Use any walnuts or pinenuts or whatever.
Don’t like onions? Skip it! Like spinach more than arugula? Cool, use that instead.
Make Salad Dressing For Peach Arugula Salad with Blue Cheese
Use your favorite salad dressing or make your own.
Add 3 tablespoon lemon juice, 5 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon honey, ½ teaspoon salt, and a pinch of black pepper to a jar.
Shake vigorously and toss with salad.
Plating Peach, Arugula, and Fig Salad
We eat with our eyes! It’s important to have a good looking salad, especially if serving as the main dish.
Dress the arugual first and plate it. Then add the peaches, figs, pecans, and onions and toss that separately in dressing and place on top of the arugula. Make it look pretty, now!
Sometimes I don’t dress the cheese so that it will have a fresh and vibrant visual pop. You decide if you want the blue cheese doused with a bit of salad dressing.
Level Up Peach Arugula Blue Cheese Salad
Got some extra time and ambition? Make croutons: Tear up some bread, toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper & toast in the oven at 325 ~ 12 minutes.