This fresh peach, fig, and arugula salad recipe is topped with blue cheese and pecans. Toss peach and fig salad with my lemon juice, honey, and olive oil salad dressing or use your favorite store bought vinaigrette.
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.
Blue cheese is a must though! But you can substitute feta cheese or chevre if blue cheese ain't your thing.
Salad Dressing For Peach Fig, Blue Cheese Salad
Use your favorite salad dressing for peach and fig salad or make this salad dressing:
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 arugula 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 Fig 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.
Peach, Fig, and Arugula Salad with Blue Cheese
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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.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 3
- Category: Main Dish / Salad
- Method: No Cooking Involved
- Cuisine: International
- Diet: Gluten-Free, Low Fat, Vegetarian
Ingredients
Peach Fig Salad 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
Salad Dressing Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoon lemon juice
- 5 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ½ teaspoon salt
- pinch of black pepper
- ⅓ cup favorite vinaigrette
Instructions
Make Salad dressing (or buy some):
- 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 before serving.
Make Peach Fig Salad:
- 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 salad dressing and add to plated arugula.
- Garnish with blue cheese.
Notes
- Don't have pecans? Use any nut. Don't like onions? Skip it!
- Got some extra time & ambition? Tear up some bread, toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper & toast in the oven at 325 ~ 12 minutes.
Things In My Kitchen:
- Benriner wide mandolin - I like the wide version to slice ingredients thin - definitely my fav mandolin, although you still got to be careful!
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