Movin’ to the Country, Gonna Eat Alot of Peaches

No, you can’t use canned peaches.

I know summer is technically over, and like all Snarky posts, this one is about 2 months too late. Possibly I should start spending less time on non-post posts? Anyway, peaches are on sale now since its the end of peach season so I am going to lie and say I totally planned on posting this now and not 2 months ago when I first made it.

I got a little tomato happy at the farmer’s market and had an overabundance of tomatoes that were gonna go bad and so I wanted to try something other than bruschetta or caprese salad (boring). Really, this salad should be made when the ingredients are in season or else it will taste bad since it’s painfully simple/easy. I know the ingredients are kinda random and it doesn’t seem like this would taste good but it does. Fo’ realz. Trust.

1 tomato (make sure it’s ripe and sweet and amazing or else don’t even bother)
1 peach (same as tomato)
feta
basil
simple vinaigrette (see below for Cooking Impaired instructions)

1. Dice the tomato and the peach into bite sized chunks.
2. Add a handful of feta.
3. Chop up some basil (3-5 leaves is fine) and add that to the party.
4. Dress with the vinaigrette.
5. Scarf. (Crusty bread is good for sponging up all the good sauce. Just sayin’.)

Vinaigrette for Dummies
Basically the ratio I use is 3 to 1, oil to vinegar. For this recipe 3 T. olive oil and 1 T. white wine vinegar works marvelously. I have this Magic Bullet blender thing that I use but you could also just put it in a small container and shake it, sh-sh-shake it, shake it like a polaroid picture. Don’t forget to add salt and pepper to taste before you emulsify.

Snarky Note: You can also replace the peach with watermelon which is tasty. Also if you wanna get wild replace the basil with other things (mint, cilantro, whatevs).