Balsamic Peach Basil Chicken Salad with Crispy Prosciutto.

SO HEY! Meet your new favorite late-summer salad!

It’s packed with peaches, basil and crispy prosciutto… and BURRATA.

Um, yes please!

I think I’ve said this before, but when I do salads, I do them up, big and hearty. Nothing wimpy, unless they’re meant for snacking or as a side, and even then, I still load them up with all the good things.

SO, pretty sure I never mentioned this, but last week I made a little goal for myself. The goal was to use up everything I had in the fridge and or freezer before I went to the grocery store. Like everything.

You see, my town has been PACKED with people all summer long and getting around is just not fun. You’re better off walking or riding your bike. Of course that’s kind of hard to do when you have loads of groceries. So because of this, coupled with the fact that my personal shopper…aka my dad (for real, he’s the best), was out-of-town, I decided that the grocery store was just not on my list of places I wanted to go. Surprisingly, I stuck with my goal all week-long… with the exception of quickly running down to my local farm stand for fresh heirloom tomatoes and peaches mid-week. Don’t judge, I NEEDED those tomatoes and peaches. I mean, it’s summer and I just could not deprive myself. Tell me you get it.

Cool!

Anyway, all of my upcoming blog posts were made with the contents of my fridge from last week, and oddly I am so excited about each and every recipe. Granted, my fridge was pretty well stock before I came up with this little goal, so really, it wasn’t THAT hard, and I enjoyed having fun with the ingredients I had on hand.

Also, this goes to show you that, if possible, having a well stocked pantry and fridge is always, ALWAYS the way to go. Hello to a fridge full of cheese + fresh produce and a pantry stocked with grains, nuts, seeds, chocolate and basically everything else that’s not perishable. Okok, I know that not many people cook as much as I do… and that I’m also very fortunate to have the means to stock my pantry 🙂

So, this pretty and delicious balsamic peach basil chicken salad is the outcome of having too many peaches, some chicken that needed to be cooked, and a ball of burrata that honestly just had this salad written all over it 🙂

In an effort not to turn the oven on, this entire salad is made on the grill and ready for eating in about thirty minutes. It’s full of protein, greens, and fruit, and is great both warm or cold (although, I prefer it warm!). Can you say, YESS.

In all seriousness though, this salad is pretty awesome. I LOVE the combo of peaches, balsamic and prosciutto…especially crispy prosciutto… SOO good. And um, that grilled basil chicken?!? Summer chicken perfection right there!! OK, and if you’re just not in a grilling mood, and you don’t care about having to turn your oven on, you can totally roast both the peaches, chicken and prosciutto all together on ONE baking sheet and call it a day. I’d say about twenty to twenty-five minutes at four hundred degrees F. for the chicken and peaches, then add the prosciutto during the last five minutes of cooking. Easy peasy and a great option to transition this meal into fall come mid September.

Well OK, awesome! 🙂

Lastly, a big piece of toasty bread, or a pile of fries, is ideal atop this salad. Gotta have those carbs…

Just sayin. ?

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