30 Minute Meals
Fresh Peach Salad 🍑 (Panzanella Style)
Prep
10 minutes
Cook
10 minutes
Yield
4 as a main (8 as a side salad)
This Fresh Peach Salad is the perfect easy salad for the summer. It is made panzanella-style and is a great recipe for a BBQ or just a yummy side dish.
This fresh Peach Salad 🍑 is perfect for peach season and the best part is it’s panzanella-style which uses bread to make homemade croutons for a crunch. Peach season has to be the best season. When peaches are ripe, flavorful, and so versatile. This recipe makes a great salad for a summer BBQ or potluck. It’s also just so yummy on its own.
❤️ 🍑 Why You’ll Love Peach Salad
- Quick Prep: Prep this salad in only 10 minuets and have a delicious, summer salad ready-to-go
- Healthy: This salad recipe is made with wholesome, healthy ingredients
- Versatile: Get creative with the ingredients to make this salad your own
🍲 Ingredients
Peaches 🍑 – For this recipe the star of the show is the peaches. Peaches are so good for you. They have heart healthy benefits, they help improve digestion, decrease inflammation, and even build up your immunity.
Cubed Bread – Did you know that panzanella actually means “bread in a swamp” in Italian? The reason for this is the crispy bread sits in the dressing and soaks it all up. It’s so good!
👩🍳 How to Make Peach Salad
- Preheat the oven to 400F. Cut bread into cubes and toss on a parchment paper lined sheet pan with 2 tbsp olive oil, ½ tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp salt and ½ tsp pepper. Bake for about 10-12 minutes or until golden. Remove from the oven and set aside.
- To make the salad, on a large serving platter or in a large bowl, assemble the peaches, tomatoes, cucumber, feta cheese, onion, green olives and toasted bread. Drizzle with 4 tbsp olive oil, juice from one lemon and 1 tsp salt and toss to combine.
- Let sit for 10 minutes before serving. Taste and adjust seasonings if desired with more lemon juice.
🪄 Tips and Tricks
- Panzanella salad is best enjoyed when it’s made. It doesn’t store well
- It’s delicious as a lunch or light dinner. Pair it with your favorite protein if desired or pair with our Chicken Souvlaki
🗒 Variations
If you don’t love this variation with peaches or want to try other versions of a panzanella salad, try my Greek variation. If you’re looking for other ways to use peaches while they’re in season, here is a great Frozen Yogurt recipe, and a Grilled Peaches and Orzo Salad I love.
🗒 Substitutions
- Peaches: Try this recipe with nectarines instead
- Veggies: You can swap out the veggies with whatever your preferred ones are
- Feta: Try goat cheese instead of feta. You can also make this recipe vegan by removing or swapping the feta
🗒 Best served with
👝 How to Store Leftovers
Due to the nature of this salad, it’s best to enjoy this fresh. Leftovers aren’t great because the bread becomes too soggy.
🤔 Common Questions
Honestly so much! You can eat this on its own or pair it with your go-to protein. I also love a panzanella salad with barbecued foods.
Peaches are so yummy and versatile. Throw them in a salad, top a pizza with them, eat them on their own, grill them for a dessert with ice cream, throw them in a smoothie, and the list goes on and on.
Fresh Peach Salad (Panzanella Style) 🍑
Ingredients
- 6 cups cubed bread (about 400g loaf)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 4-6 peaches, cut into wedges
- 8 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 cucumber, halved and chopped
- 1 cup cubed feta cheese
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced red onions
- 1 cup sliced green olives
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F. Cut bread into cubes and toss on a parchment paper lined sheet pan with 2 tbsp olive oil, ½ tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp salt and ½ tsp pepper. Bake for about 10-12 minutes or until golden. Remove from the oven and set aside.
- To make the salad, on a large serving platter or in a large bowl, assemble the peaches, tomatoes, cucumber, feta cheese, onion, green olives and toasted bread. Drizzle with 4 tbsp olive oil, juice from one lemon and 1 tsp salt and toss to combine.
- Let sit for 10 minutes before serving. Taste and adjust seasonings if desired with more lemon juice.
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Notes
- Panzanella salad is best enjoyed when it’s made!
- It’s delicious as a lunch or light dinner. Pair it with your favourite protein if desired or pair with our Chicken Souvlaki
