Peach and Nasturtium Flower Summer Salad

This delicious summer salad is one of my favourites, especially during peach season. Not only is it beautiful but its flavours are complex-sweet peaches, refreshing cucumber, bright and tart tomatoes and cucamelons with the heat of the nasturtium greens and flowers - its so YUM! This salad is an adventure for the tastebuds and its gorgeous, its been a hit every time I serve it or bring it to gatherings. Even my toddler likes it!

I use yellow pear cherry tomatoes because they are sweet and not overly juicy but really any cherry or larger slicing tomato would work. If you’re using a slicing tomato I’d cut them into wedges. We harvest the nasturtium greens and flowers fresh from our garden. The smaller nasturtium leaves are the most tender and juicy, and I think they look like adorable little lily pads. I also harvest cucumber, cucamelons , basil and cilantro/ coriander from our garden as well. If you aren’t a cilantro lover, just leave it out and use basil, still absolutely delicious. I love the flavour profile of this salad but the ingredients are flexible of course so feel free to add / substitute to your preferences.

I use a super simple dressing, its my go to salad dressing. It’s so quick and easy to prepare and often wins over even the pickiest salad eaters. Not everyone likes a vinaigrette or a creamy based sauce and this one is a sweet and simple crown pleaser. Hope you love it as much my family and I do!

For the Salad

Ingredients

2 cups yellow pear cherry tomato sliced in half length wise (or slicing tomato of your choice)

2-3 peaches sliced into 1’ cubes

1 cup halved cucamelons (more if you like)

1 1/2 cups sliced cucumber - I like to cut the slices in half as well

1 clove garlic finely chopped

1 /4 chopped cilantro

handful of basil leaves torn in half

optional: 1 Sweet pepper chopped

For the Dressing:

Mix the maple syrup and lemon first and then add the Olive oil.

Ingredients

1 tbs real Maple syrup

1 tbs Lemon juice

1 1/2 tbs Olive oil

salt (to taste)

pepper (to taste)