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Shake the fridge salad: grilled peaches, avocado, pomegranate + lime

4/2/2017

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Liz Posmyk's Salad of grilled peaches, avocado, lime and pomegranate - Good Things
It's another scorcher out there, and I have enjoyed not one but two swims today. I've been meaning to share a stone fruit dessert recipe with you, but truth is the only baking I'm doing lately is when I am lolling about in the open air swimming pool, soaking up some delicious Vitamin D from the sun.

On the way home from swimming, I've been frequenting the greengrocer's section at an independent supermarket not far from the city: the Ainslie IGA, which has long been in the Xyrakis family. I have known current owners, Irene and her older brother, Manuel, since the 1960s, when we went to school together.

In my humble opinion, the Ainslie IGA is the best supermarket in Canberra. The produce sold in this bustling supermarket is of exceptional freshness and quality. My favourites include the tasty heirloom tomatoes; Lebanese cucumbers, which are so crisp and fresh they still have the flowers attached; plump oak leaf lettuces; and avocados and stone fruits galore. It's all so good, I cannot help but fill my basket.

For lunches and evening meals, I've been shaking the fridge, creating a range of interesting salads, including this one, which showcases the sweet white-fleshed Australian peaches that are in abundance right now. Simple to prepare, fresh and full of flavour, this salad sits beautifully with smoked trout, and is also the perfect partner to lamb cutlets or little pork chipolatas.

SALAD OF GRILLED PEACHES, AVOCADO, POMEGRANATE & LIME
2 white-fleshed peaches
a handful of oak leaf lettuce leaves, washed and patted dry
a handful of baby spinach leaves, washed and patted dry, stalks removed
2 baby cucumbers, sliced longways
1/2 an avocado, sliced
1 tablespoon pomegranate arils*
1/2 a lime, to serve
chilli oil, to serve (optional)
freshly cracked black pepper, to season

Wash the peaches and pat them dry. Slice them in half and remove and discard the stones. Heat a ribbed grill pan and flash-grill the peaches, cut side down. Remove them from the pan and set aside.

Meanwhile, arrange the lettuce and baby spinach leaves on a serving platter and finish with the slices of grilled peach, cucumber and avocado. Dress with the pomegranate arils, a scattering of pepper, a sprinkle of chilli oil and lime juice, and finish with a wedge of lime. Serves 2.

* The pomegranates available in Australia now have been imported from the USA. Once I have removed the arils from the pith of the pomegranate, I store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They are a summertime favourite.
Liz Posmyk's salad of grilled peaches, pomegranate, avocado and lime - Good Things

It's your turn now dear readers, tell me, do you ever shake the fridge to create a meal? And do you love pomegranate as much as I do?
16 Comments
Lorraine @ Not quite Nigella link
4/2/2017 05:36:58 am

I'm in love with the summer produce nowadays. My favourite salad is fresh figs, goats cheese or feta with salad leaves and a light dressing.

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Lizzy
4/2/2017 05:00:55 pm

Snap, I adore figs with salad leaves and feta... it's one of my go-to salads as well, Lorraine. Sadly, the figs are not readily available and mine are not ripe yet. x

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Judy Purcell link
4/2/2017 10:32:15 am

Beautiful photo, Liz, the freshness just jumps off the plate!

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Lizzy
4/2/2017 05:01:45 pm

Judy, thanks so very much... I am so glad that the freshness is visible, because the produce from this particular greengrocer is just amazing.

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Amanda link
4/2/2017 04:28:07 pm

There's nothing like a crisp fresh salad using the great summer produce around at the moment, is there Liz?!

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Lizzy
4/2/2017 05:04:01 pm

Truly, Amanda, there isn't. I'm loving it and so is my digestive system xx

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Eha
4/2/2017 07:47:56 pm

Well, that beautiful photo has lowered my body temperature a good 5 degrees, I am certain. No air-conditioning here, nowhere to swim within 40 kms and temperature at 38C and rising fast well before noon . . . methinks am off to the fridge and try copy your offering for lunch . . . Oh, don't know about the 'Berra, but three more such days 'promised' for this week here . . .

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Tandy I Lavender and Lime link
5/2/2017 12:32:35 am

Most nights I make salad with what is still fresh and chips. But not with some fruits as neither of us are a fan of that combination. We do add pomegranate arils when in season or orange wedges in winter. So good you have a local grocer.

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David link
5/2/2017 07:42:06 pm

Oddly, it was a salad as beautiful as this one that was featured in my first reading of Bizzy Lizzy's Good Things! It had shrimp, by the visual was so amazing, I had to make it - and then become friends with you! I look forward to trying this soon, when peaches come into season here.

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Laura | Tutti Dolci link
5/2/2017 08:51:00 pm

I can't wait for summer to come and to make your salad with fresh peaches - how delicious!

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John / Kitchen Riffs link
6/2/2017 01:47:44 pm

We've been eating a lot more soups than salads lately, but that will change in another month or two. Then you'll be making loads of soup. :-) Good recipe -- thanks.

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Hotly Spiced link
6/2/2017 07:41:57 pm

It certainly has been relentlessly hot. I'm glad today we're having a bit of a reprieve. I love grilled peaches - so summery. Your salad looks really refreshing xx

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Eva Taylor link
7/2/2017 01:31:41 pm

JT always says that I can make a meal out of seemingly nothing! Shaking up the fridge is a regular occurrence on this side of the pond, I really hate tossing veggies that are past their prime.

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sherry MacKay link
7/2/2017 10:57:28 pm

ooh that looks lovely Liz. salad is the go in this heat.

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Karen (Back Road Journal) link
9/2/2017 10:22:30 am

It sounds like you have a wonderful market for those fresh salad ingredients. This one certainly sounds good.

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Anna @ shenANNAgans link
17/2/2017 03:39:48 am

WOW... wish when I shook my fridge all my favourite things magically appeared. A beautiful salad lovely. Will be making this bad boy for sure asap. Yummy!

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