I wish I had a peach tree - really any fruit tree, but this time of year I just LOVE fresh peaches. We have a few orchards around here I can pick at, but nothing compared to the huge variety of peach orchards my parents have down south.
When they've gone on sale here, I've tried using them up in new recipes this summer. We had a delicious peach and blueberry cobbler one night for dessert and have a few other ideas to try out, but tonight's dinner was so easy and good, I just had to share!
I made some grilled peach salsa with tomatoes from our garden. This was just so good that I think I'll make more and freeze up some jars to have later in the year. We grilled chicken to serve the salsa over and also had tortilla chips to help eat up the extra salsa. I grilled an extra peach - grilling a peach really does bring out such a unique flavor to the fruit - that Justin and I had with vanilla icecream later for dessert. Yum!
GRILLED PEACH SALSA
5 peaches, sliced in half and pitted, grilled and cooled, then chopped
5 tomatoes, chopped
1 1/2 jalapeno peppers, deseeded and chopped
1/2 c. honey
2 tbsp. cilantro, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
Grill the peaches, turning occasionally, until the skin puckers and a fork can easily pierce it. Cool, then chop and add in a bowl to the other ingredients. Serve over chicken or fish and with chips! Makes a nice big bowl.

yum, yum YUM. sounds soooo good! i love recipes! i just may have to try this at some point :)
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