I love baby spinach salads. If you’ve read many of my salad posts, you probably noticed that I love adding fruit to green salads. Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, apples, pears, and citrus have all been added to different salads. I usually use baby greens for most of these.
Today’s wonderful refreshing summer salad, Spinach Peach Salad, is easy to make and combined with poppy seed dressing is irresistible. I start with baby spinach, add fresh peach slices, sprinkle pecans, and drizzle a homemade poppy seed dressing. It’s also great to take to a pot luck, but you should wait to drizzle the dressing just before serving. Poppy Seed Dressing is great on all green and fruit salads.
Spinach Peach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
Use organic when available. Serves 4
Spinach Peach Salad
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup pecans
- 4 cups baby spinach, rinsed and dried
- 2 ripe peaches
- 1/4 cup poppyseed salad dressing
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Arrange pecans on a single layer on a cookie sheet
- Roast in oven until they just begin to darken, about 5 to 7 minutes
- Remove from oven and set aside
- Peel peaches (if desired) and slice into bite-sized segments
- Combine peaches, spinach, and pecans in a large bowl.
- Toss with dressing until evenly coated
I prefer homemade salad dressings as they containers zero chemicals or preservatives. This Poppy Seed Dressing is delicious and really costs so much less that grocery store dressings. It can be refrigerated in a glass jar with tight lid for up to 1 week. Adjust sweetness or tang per personal taste. You can use most vinegars to make the dressing from white vinegar to wine vinegars. For a great wake up dressing, try using lemon juice for Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing. I use dry mustard as it helps emulsify the dressing.
Poppy Seed Dressing
Use organic when available. Makes 1 cup.
Poppy Seed Dressing
Ingredients
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a mason jar shake until well combined
- Optional place all ingredients except poppy seeds in blender and blend
- Optional add poppy seeds and pulse blender twice
- Store in refrigerator in glass jar with tight-fitting lid
- To use stored dressing, remove from refrigerator and place on counter for 10 minutes
- Shake jar and serve
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…it looks peachy!
I would never have thought of combining spinach with peaches but it sounds delicious and healthy. I need some now…pecans too, for the crunch…yum.
What a really nice sounding combination, Carol! I’ll be holding this one for peace season!
This combination of flavors looks delicious… especially for the warm days to come! Thanks for the yummy recipe!
The combination of flavors looks delicious, especially for the warm summer days of late! Thanks for sharing the yummy recipe!
Thank you for another delicious sounding recipe. I made your watermelon lemonade at the weekend and we all enjoyed it. So refreshing!
I love the idea of adding fruit to salads. This sounds delicious and perfect for the warmer months.
Looks so good loaded with pecans 🙂
Ooh this looks so good!
This sounds delicious! I love adding a bit of fruit to my green salads too… and even my pasta salads.
All my favorites and in a salad. Yummy
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Never thought spinach and peach would go together. I will give it a try.
Perfect for summer! Thanks for sharing on SSPS, I hope to see you again next week. I will be featuring your recipe.
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A very interesting salad indeed. I love peaches and paired with the pecans, it must taste divine.
I’ve never tried a combination like this! Sounds interesting. I just love fresh peaches. Thanks for sharing this post with us at the Will Blog for Comments #41 linkup. We hope to see you again next time at #42, too. Happy weekend!
THanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party! Have a fabulous weekend.
I really love adding peaches to my salads, they are so refreshing in the warmer weather. 🙂
I love peaches with anything, especially during the Summer. Stopping in from Senior Salon Pit Stop!
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That is quite the combination. It looks perfect for summer. We just picked up some fresh peaches from our local farmer’s market on Saturday. They are sweet and delicious. I may try this salad with a couple of them. Thanks for sharing at #aclwcc.