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Spring Mix with Peaches, Walnuts and Feta | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | this fantastic #salad has fresh #peaches, #bacon #walnuts & #fetacheese. Perfect salad for summer. Includes a homemade peach salad dressing. #glutenfree

Spring Mix with Peaches, Walnuts and Feta

Teresa Ambra
Luscious green salad with fruit that's great for the summer holidays when peaches ripen. This one includes feta cheese, bacon and toasted walnuts and is gluten free. Everyone we serve this to absolutely raves over it!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Salads and Salad Dressings
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 219 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 large salad bowl with tongs
  • 1 blender
  • 1 small cookie sheet to roast walnuts
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
  • 1 toaster oven or regular oven to toast walnuts
  • 1 mason jar with lid

Ingredients
  

SALAD:

  • 3 medium peaches unpeeled, sliced
  • 2 bags romaine lettuce with shredded carrots and red cabbage (or spring mix, or any combination of lettuces)
  • 1/3 cup red onion thinly diced
  • 1 cucumber thinly sliced
  • 2-3 large red, orange and yellow miniature peppers sliced
  • 6 strips bacon cooked and broken into 1-inch pieces (make sure your bacon is gluten free)
  • 1/2 cup whole walnuts toasted
  • 4 oz. pkg. Feta cheese crumbled

PEACH VINAIGRETTE:

  • 2 medium ripe peaches unpeeled
  • 6 tbsp. honey or granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp. lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tbsp. rice vinegar
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/3 cup canola oil (avocado oil is a much better choice)

Instructions
 

SALAD:

  • In a large salad bowl, layer the romaine, miniature bell peppers, red onion, cucumber, bacon, walnuts, Feta cheese and 3 of the peaches, sliced and unpeeled, set aside.
  • To serve, place salad on plate.
  • Drizzle with salad dressing.

PEACH VINAIGRETTE:

  • Cut peaches in quarters; place in a blender. (Don't peel the peaches).
  • Add honey (or sugar), oil, lemon juice, vinegars and salt; cover and process until blended.
  • Transfer mixture to a salad dressing dispenser or a mason jar with a lid.

Notes

Recipe inspired from Taste of Home.
 
© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 219kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 4gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 230mgPotassium: 205mgFiber: 2gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 428IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 63mgIron: 1mg
Keyword bacon, peaches, salad, tossed salad, walnuts
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