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    Home » Salads » Peach Avocado Salad with Zucchini

    Peach Avocado Salad with Zucchini

    Jul 18, 2022 · by Valentina · 39 Comments

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    Peach Avocado Salad with Zucchini is the essence of summer. Its fresh, sweet flavors from seasonal produce are a super delicious, beautiful combination. Perfect for casual summer entertaining, or simply for a light lunch or dinner. Peach and Avocado Salad with Zucchini on a white plate with a sunflower.

    It doesn't get more summery than fresh peaches, avocados and zucchini.

    This Peach Avocado Salad celebrates summer beautifully.

    I love adding sweet, vibrant and colorful fruits to green salads -- it's delicious and so much fun combining summer's seasonal treasures into one bowl.

    Peach and Avocado Salad with Zucchini in a wooden serving bowl.

    Ingredients for Peach Avocado Salad


    • spinach
    • zucchini
    • fresh peaches
    • avocados
    • onion
    • white cheddar cheese
    • white balsamic vinegar
    • extra virgin olive oil
    • salt, black pepper

    A few thick slices of avocado and half an avocado with pit

    How to Make it


    - Combine everything except the vinegar, oil, salt and pepper into a large serving bowl.
    - Drizzle with the vinegar and oil -- enough to lightly coat the entire salad, and then season to taste with salt and pepper.

    Several large red-yellow peaches on wooden surface.

    Recipe Tips and Substitutions


    • If you don't have a spiralizer, you can also grate the zucchini.
    • If you'd like, substitute peaches with nectarines or apricots.
    • For salads, and just about every other use, avocados should be only slightly soft all over. (An avocado should only be super soft if you're using it for guacamole -- and even then, too soft isn't always a good thing.)
    • You can use another white firm cheese in this peach avocado salad if you want to switch it up. Swiss or Gruyère would be good substitutions if you don't have white cheddar.
    • Feel free to substitute spinach with any lettuce you love.
    • Don't have white balsamic? Regular balsamic is also delicious with this salad.

    Close up of Peach and Avocado Salad with Zucchini on a white plate.

    Serving Suggestions


    • Really, you can serve this for almost any meal -- brunch, lunch, dinner.
    • Peach Avocado Salad with Zucchini is a great side to serve with chicken or fish.
    • Picnics! This delightful salad would be fantastic to bring to a summer picnic. It can be fully prepared ahead of time except for the dressing, which you can add just before serving it at the picnic.

    Peach and Avocado Salad with Zucchini in a wooden serving bowl.

    I hope enjoy every last bite of this summery Peach Avocado Salad.

    More delicious summer salad recipes:

    • Watermelon Basil Salad
    • Compressed Watermelon Salad with Lemon Lime Avocado
    • Meyer Lemon Black Quinoa-Plum and Avocado Salad
    • Tomato Sweet Onion Salad with Blue Cheese
    • Cucumber Tomato Salad with Lemon
    Composed Peach Avocado with Zucchini on a white plate with a yellow daisy behind it.

    Peach Avocado Salad with Zucchini Recipe

    Valentina K. Wein
    This Peach Avocado Salad with Zucchini is the essence of summer. Its fresh, sweet flavors from seasonal produce are a super delicious and beautiful combination.
    5 from 9 votes
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Total Time 20 mins
    Course Salad
    Cuisine American
    Servings 6
    Calories 185 kcal

    Equipment

    • spiralizer

    Ingredients
     
     

    • 4 cups loosely packed baby spinach leaves, washed, dried
    • 2 cups spiralized or grated zucchini (about ¾ pound), washed, dried
    • 1 cup chopped white cheddar cheese
    • ½ cup thinly sliced yellow onion
    • 3 medium-large peaches, washed, dried, sliced
    • 1 medium avocado (click here for How to Peel & Cut an Avocado), sliced
    • about 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
    • about 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
    • salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

    Instructions
     

    • Combine everything except the vinegar, oil, salt and pepper into a large serving bowl!
    • Drizzle with the vinegar and oil -- enough to lightly coat the entire salad. Season to taste with the salt and freshly ground black pepper.
    • Voilà!

    Notes

    Calorie count is only an estimate.
    Keywords summer brunch recipes, summer picnic recipes
    Have you tried this recipe?I'd love to see it on Instagram! Tag me at @cookingontheweekends or leave a comment & rating below.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Barbara

      July 24, 2012 at 5:41 pm

      Sounds delish! Totally a combo I never thought of but I'm now anxious to try it. Hopefully I will get my garden going soon. Looks like it will be more of a fall garden by now, though 🙂

      Reply
    2. Colette

      July 24, 2012 at 6:14 pm

      Peaches & avocadoes, great combo!

      Reply
    3. Alaine @ My GF & DF Living

      July 25, 2012 at 2:42 am

      I love how simple this salad is! I will definitely try but skip out on the cheese. Thanks for posting!

      Reply
    4. Christina | Christina's Cucina

      July 09, 2018 at 9:13 pm

      Such a lovely salad, Valentina! My avocado tree may die from the extreme heat the other day and I'm so very sad! I hope it will make it, but right now it looks very bad. I also had tomato plants, but those are also done from the heat. 🙁 I did buy a box of organic peaches at Costco though, so there's some good news! 🙂

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 09, 2018 at 9:33 pm

        Oh Christina, such a bummer about your tomatoes. Fingers crossed the avocado tree survives! Even my small herb garden is suffering. 🙁 And yes, peaches are indeed good news. I'm loving all of the summer stone fruits.:-)

        Reply
    5. Hope

      July 10, 2018 at 5:19 pm

      This looks so fresh and tasty! Avocados and peaches are two of my favourite things so whats not to love! It is winter for me at the moment but have pinned to make for summer.

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 10, 2018 at 6:10 pm

        Hi Hope. Thank you for your comment! While I'm enjoying summer and all of the seasonal fruits that come with it, I would love to be in New Zealand! I hope to visit there one day!

        Reply
    6. Molly Kumar

      July 10, 2018 at 5:57 pm

      This is such an amazing flavor combination. I love both zucchini and peach but never tried them in a salad. I'm so doing this tonight - Yumm!!!

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 10, 2018 at 6:08 pm

        Oh yay! I hope you love it! Thank you. 🙂

        Reply
    7. Caroline

      July 10, 2018 at 6:13 pm

      This looks so wonderfully summery. I do love putting peaches in salads, they add such a nice burst of sweetness. And avocado always good.

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 10, 2018 at 10:34 pm

        Thanks, Caroline! Hope you try it. 🙂

        Reply
      • valentina

        July 10, 2018 at 10:38 pm

        Thank you, Caroline! Hope you try it! 🙂

        Reply
    8. Danielle

      July 10, 2018 at 6:57 pm

      Such a great combo, and a great way to use up zucchini!

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 10, 2018 at 10:35 pm

        Yes, everyone seems to have an abundance of zucchini. Thanks! 🙂

        Reply
    9. Nancy Hunter | Flavorpalooza.com

      July 10, 2018 at 7:40 pm

      Love zucchini. Love peaches. Love avocado. A simple and simply delicious looking summer salad!

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 10, 2018 at 10:37 pm

        Thank you so much!

        Reply
    10. Tisha

      July 10, 2018 at 7:51 pm

      Loving this flavor combo!! YUM

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 10, 2018 at 10:36 pm

        Thanks!

        Reply
    11. David @ Spiced

      July 11, 2018 at 4:38 am

      Hey Valentina! It's a pleasure e-meeting you. 🙂 So we have several fruit trees in the backyard along with the garden of course. We planted the fruit trees when we moved in (7 years ago now...time flies), and they're finally big enough to produce legit fruit. 2 apple, 1 cherry, 1 nectarine. Problem with the nectarine is the squirrels get the fruit when it's still way too small to actually pick. Then they leave behind the seeds so I get to mow over them. Have you ever mowed over a nectarine/peach pit? It's loud. Haha! So I'll have to resort to store-bought peaches to make this salad...but that's ok. It sounds delicious, and perfect for summer lunches!

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      • valentina

        July 11, 2018 at 11:27 pm

        Hi David! Thanks for checking out my recipe.
        We had a nectarine tree too and the squirrels loved it. We even briefly put mesh nets over the fruit, but they figured that out. Finally we just decided to share. 🙂 And how fantastic that you have a cherry tree -- I bet it's absolutely gorgeous when it begins to flower in the spring. (Same with the nectarine, I bet!) Enjoy!

        Reply
    12. John / Kitchen Riffs

      July 11, 2018 at 8:37 am

      I love using fruit in salads! This looks terrific -- and we're getting local peaches, so your timing is perfect. Thanks!

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 11, 2018 at 11:28 pm

        Local fruit is the best! Hope you try it and enjoy. 🙂

        Reply
    13. David

      July 11, 2018 at 9:00 am

      You are so creative - you come up with the most amazing combinations of flavors. The peaches are so sweet this year - can’t wait to try this! xo

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 11, 2018 at 11:30 pm

        Thank you so much, David! Our peaches have been super sweet too. I'm loving ALL of the stone fruit this summer. Our Farmers Market has been so packed with so many varieties. I come home with bags I almost can't carry they're so heavy. 🙂

        Reply
    14. sippitysup

      July 12, 2018 at 2:50 pm

      I've been craving this exact salad but didn't know it til I saw it here... GREG

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 12, 2018 at 10:31 pm

        I love that, Greg! 🙂

        Reply
    15. Deb|EastofEdenCooking

      July 16, 2018 at 11:28 am

      I would have never thought to pair zucchini with peaches! What an inviting combination, so much summer in every scrumptious bite.

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 17, 2018 at 11:23 pm

        Yes, summer in every bite. I love that! Thank you. 🙂

        Reply
    16. Chef Mimi

      July 10, 2021 at 9:06 am

      Wow! I love everything about this recipe! I am printing it. Thanks!

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 11, 2021 at 8:35 pm

        Wow, thank you Mimi! 🙂 ~Valentina

        Reply
    17. Eha

      July 17, 2022 at 5:40 pm

      Methinks we do not use fruit in salads in Australia as oft as is done in the States - interesting to follow the suggestion when stone fruit again appears in the shops at the other end of the year . . . lovely recipe which could almost act as a main dish . . . ") !

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 19, 2022 at 5:04 pm

        Hi Eha. I hope you try a green salad with fruit. They're really delicious, and you can make such interesting combinations, depending on what's in season. Enjoy and thank you. 🙂 ~Valentina

        Reply
    18. Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop

      July 18, 2022 at 4:22 pm

      I really love everything with peaches right now! This peach salad is such a great idea! So fresh and full of flavor!

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 19, 2022 at 5:04 pm

        Me too. Thanks, Cathy. 🙂 ~Valentina

        Reply
    19. Marissa

      July 19, 2022 at 1:19 pm

      This salad really is the essence of summer, Valentina! One of those that you want to eat every day while the individual ingredients are at their peak.

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 19, 2022 at 5:04 pm

        Thank you, Marissa. I agree. 😉 ~Valentina

        Reply
    20. 2pots2cook

      July 20, 2022 at 12:39 am

      Love it! It is such a light and moist meal! We also have problems with water supply so this is such a great way to stand the heat!!!! Thank you!

      Reply
      • valentina

        July 22, 2022 at 10:52 pm

        Thanks, Davorka. Enjoy and stay cool. 🙂 ~Valentina

        Reply
    21. John / Kitchen Riffs

      July 20, 2022 at 8:04 am

      Peaches? Yes, please. Local peaches are here, and I'm So enjoying them. This is a lovely salad -- thanks.

      Reply

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