This peach salsa recipe is the perfect addition to your next meal, happy hour appetizer, or afternoon snack.
A few days ago I realized that the end of peach season is quickly approaching and I almost started to panic. I mean, there were still so many peach recipes that I wanted to try! At the top of my list was peach salsa. I’ve never made any type of homemade salsa before, but I figured it couldn’t be too difficult. It wasn’t. I took a tally of ingredients that I had on hand and essentially made this up on the spot, but I think it turned out pretty tasty! Since I’m cooking for one, I typically cut recipes in half so that I don’t have quite as many leftovers. Despite cutting this recipe in half, it still made a ton!
Side Note: You’d think that after my many courses and projects that focused on standardizing a recipe, it’d be second nature to me…..yeah, it isn’t. I’ll give the recipe in measurements that I used, but know that you can easily double it by using the whole piece of each ingredient!
- 1/4 cucumber, diced
- 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 red onion, diced
- 1/2 peach, diced
- 1/2 tomato, diced
- 1/2 avocado, diced
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (or lime)
- garlic powder, to taste
- Wash and dice cucumber, red bell pepper, red onion, peach, tomato and avocado. Combine first five ingredients in medium-sized bowl.
- Gently toss all ingredients together before adding in the avocado. (Mine was a liiiittle too ripe and I didn’t want it to get mashed from too much handling!)
- Add in 1 tsp sea salt, 1 tbs lemon/lime juice, and garlic powder if desired.
- Cover and let sit for at least an hour in the fridge to allow flavors to mix together.
- Store in air-tight container in the fridge for up to one week.
I decided to incorporate my peach salsa into an easy dinner by topping a simple grilled chicken breast with it. It would also be a good addition in tacos or taco salads, and will always go well with tortilla chips for a happy hour appetizer.
Stacie Hassing of The Real Food Dietitians made the most drool-worthy salmon and topped it all off with her take on my peach salsa. I mean, you can’t look at these pictures and not start to drool at least a little bit, right?! Looking at these shots also reminds me that maybe I need to consider investing in a real camera, rather than my lousy iPhone 5! Check out her post HERE!
I want to dive into this bowl, right now.
If you want to see more of the amazing, REAL FOOD meals that Stacie is whipping up, scoot n over to The Real Food Dietitians, or follow her instagram HERE! She’s been one of the sweetest and most encouraging RDs I’ve come across, and she truly makes some of the best looking meals that are a cinch to recreate (which is a major factor in my book!).
Let me know if YOU try it, I love hearing about and seeing people try my recipes!
I used pears instead of peaches, yellow pepper instead of red and added a hot green pepper for extra kick. Served it with scrambled eggs for brunch! Excellent!