Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Grilled Peach Prociutto Salad


Have you ever seen such a perfectly beautiful peach like this before? Maybe I'm getting older or as the homegirlz say, I'm mental, but I marvel at the little things like a beautiful peach or the deep blue color of the fall sky. I have a deep appreciation of God's gifts to us all.




Last week I visited Megan's Cookin and saw a post about her favorite salad. I was in the minute I read "prosciutto".





The peach was peeled, seeded and sliced and wrapped in a slice of prosciutto. Make sure you remove the toothpicks before serving.



We used a combination of mixed salad greens topped with the grilled prosciutto wrapped peaches, calamata olives, crumbled goat cheese and crumbled macadamia nuts.




We also have this amazing Honey Vinaigrette! 2 tablespoons honey, 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon water, 1 teaspoon canola or vegetable oil, 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg. Place all ingredients in a jar and shake.
This is now my favorite salad!

16 comments:

Veronica said...

You are right the peach is beautiful...you're not mental! Your salad looks beautiful too. I think those proscuitto wrapped peaches by themselves would make a tasty appetizer!

gigi said...

Sounds as if that could be one of my new favorites too!

Anonymous said...

Oh my kids think I'm mental most of the time. Those look delicious though! I think I have the ingredients on hand, too!

April said...

Beautiful peach!! That salad look delish!

Maria said...

That is a perfect peach!

Pam said...

Wow. I want this for breakfast! It looks pretty, tasty and easy to make.

Megan said...

Yea!!! I'm so glad you tried the salad. Isn't it wonderful? I love this salad. And the dressing is so easy and tasty. I've never been so excited to eat a salad till I tried this one.

Jersey Girl Cooks said...

This looks great. Peaches are beautiful. Too bad I cannot get any local ones for a long time.

The Blonde Duck said...

Knowing me I'd be such in a hurry to eat it I'd stab myself with the toothpicks!

Jenny said...

Oh man, sounds incredible!! I love the prosciutto wrapped peaches, I'm drooling here!

Aggie said...

That peach is beautiful...I call food beautiful all the time and I sometimes think people think I'm nuts...lol. You are right to marvel at all of these gifts in life!

Love the prosciutto with the peaches, the whole salad looks wonderful! Will have to try that vinaigrette!

Greg C said...

Hey this works on my diet. Way to go. Thanks.

Lori said...

The sweetness of the peach and the saltiness of the prosciutto must be great together!! Yum!

Prudy said...

Oh my goodness-what a gorgeous peach, plus all those flavors in the salad had to be spectacular.

Chocolate Shavings said...

I agree, that peach looks wonderful and any person who loves food would marvel as much as you about its beauty!

Debbie said...

That peach looks good....and the salad looks so tasty. This would be a great lunch....