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Mixed Greens with Peaches and Feta Cheese Salad

Mixed greens with peaches

Mixed Greens with Peaches and Feta Cheese Salad

Peach salad and cobbler
Georgia’s Peach Salad and Peach Cobbler for the Annual Peach Festival

Getting my inspiration from Chef Nika Shoemaker-Machado herself, I was torn between using goat cheese or her recommended feta cheese. I went with her vision and tossed in a few recipe adjustments of my own. Recipes, they are more like guidelines anyway!

The star of this Mixed Greens with Peaches and Feta Cheese Salad is, of course, the Peaches. Celebrating National Peach Month, I couldn’t help but join in the fun. I am a Georgia peach, myself. There are a million ways to prepare peaches. For this recipe, I kept it simple by slicing fresh peaches with the skin on.

Mixed greens with peaches
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Mixed greens. Red Bell pepper. Green seedless grapes. Pine nuts. Feta cheese. and PEACHES. Tossed with a shallot vinaigrette.

Recipe Tips:

  • Sometimes pine nuts can be hard to find. Use whole almonds, instead. Or, go with Georgia’s idea of candied pecans.
  • Sub my go-to goat cheese for feta. Or use gorgonzola.
  • Skip the grapes and toss in blueberries.
  • White wine vinegar and apple cider vinegar can be substituted for the champagne vinegar.
  • Toast the pine nuts in the toaster oven. Be sure to pay attention; they could toast more quickly.
  • Toss the salad with the vinaigrette just before serving or serve on the side so the greens don’t get soggy.
  • Serve with grilled or poached salmon, grilled chicken, or grilled shrimp.
  • Love the grill? Cut the peaches in half, lightly char them on a hot grill, then slice and serve. Here’s how Chef Alec Lestr served it up for the 66th EMMYS Governors Ball > GRILLED PEACH AND HEIRLOOM TOMATO SALAD

Mixed greens with peaches

For details on GEORGIA’S PEACH FESTIVAL in Orange County, hop over to the feature article here, GEORGIA’S PEACH FESTIVAL

  • Georgia’s restaurant was co-founded by the mother-daughter team, Gretchen Shoemaker (Nana) and Nika Shoemaker Machado (Nika) in Orange County, California in 2014.
  • Georgia’s now has 4 locations throughout Southern California

Visit https://georgias-restaurant.com/ for more information, including locations, hours and menus

Georgia's Co Founders
Nika Shoemaker Machado and mom, Gretchen Shoemaker

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Recipe

Mixed Greens with Peaches and Feta Cheese Salad
Salad
Mixed Greens with Peaches and Feta Cheese Salad tosses bell pepper, green grapes, peaches, pine nuts, and feta cheese with shallot vinaigrette

Ingredients

For vinaigrette:
1/4 cup champagne vinegar
2 teaspoons dijon mustard
1/2 tablespoon honey
Pinch sea salt
Pinch black pepper
1 medium shallot, thinly sliced crosswise
2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
For salad:
6 cups mixed greens
1 large bell pepper, seeded and julienned (thinly sliced, lengthwise)
1 cup green grapes, sliced in half
2 fresh peaches, cut into slices, skin on
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon pine nuts, toasted (see instructions below)
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

Instructions

Preheat oven or toaster oven to 350*F.
Line baking sheet or toaster oven tray with parchment paper and spread out the pine nuts evenly.
Toast pine nuts for about 5-8 minutes until fragrant and lightly browned.
Set aside to cool.
Make the vinaigrette whisking together in a medium mixing bowl the vinegar, mustard, honey, salt, pepper, and shallot.
Whisk in the olive oil and set aside (makes about 1 cup).
Seed the red bell pepper and slice lengthwise.
Slice grapes in half.
Slice the peaches.
Place the mixed greens in a large mixing bowl.
Add in the bell peppers, grapes, and peaches and toss to combine.
Add vinaigrette as desired, about a 1/4 cup is recommended to start.
When serving, sprinkle the pine nuts on top and feta cheese.

Serves

4

Preparation Time (hrs/min)

, 25

Cooking Time (hrs/min)

, 8

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