One of my best friends B is moving with her young family back to Sierra Leone.
I am super excited for her as her family have been offered a fab career opportunity. She will also get to be near her very supportive parents and friends all with children of similar ages. Plus the lucky girl gets to live right on the beach (yeap) and eat yum Sierra Leonean food including sweet, freshly picked fruit each day.
I will be very sad to loose her and my god daughter. I am going to be missing our endless gassing on the phone, our bargain hunting shopping trips, our everyday recipe discussions and our lovely girly spa breaks.
But she has a little while yet before the move and so over the next few months we plan to have fun, fun, fun. One of the things we are going to do is a makeover photo shoot we found via good old groupon. We are going to be glamming it up with some bubbly, a facial, a manicure, some hair styling and a whole load of outfit changes during a 6 hr magazine style photo shoot. Angelina Jolie, you ain’t got nothing on us.
To prepare for our photo shoot experience we figure we should eat a bit healthy so we have been chowing down on this peach and Parma ham salad. The sweet peaches work really well with the slightly salty Parma ham and sharp balsamic vinaigrette. Better still it takes only about 5 minutes to prepare and can be endlessly tweaked with all the things you like. Nuts, cheese, you name it and it can be in this. This salad is perfect for summer and for using up your piles of peaches and when served with a side of Bellini cocktails it spices up every single bbq.
So please try this easy salad recipe and please leave me a comment telling me what variations you have in yours.
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Peach and Ham Salad
Ingredients
- 3 large handfuls of mixed salad leaves
- 2 ripe peaches
- 4 thin slices of Parma ham or prosciutto
- Optional extras - toasted nuts cheese etc
- Balsamic Vinaigrette
Instructions
- Add salad leaves into a bowl.
- Halve and remove stone from peaches and cut into bite sized wedges and add to bowl.
- Tear the Parma ham into bite sized pieces and add to bowl along with any extras and toss well.
- Drizzle on some balsamic vinaigrette and serve with some crusty bread.
Nutrition
Janie says
02/07/2013 at 9:26 amOh. Yes. Please.
Janie x
Bintu says
02/07/2013 at 10:24 amI know right?
Anyonita says
02/07/2013 at 4:17 pmBINTU! Peach & Parma HAM?! Girl, I need to try this ASAP! 🙂 Thank you so much for linking up with me this week at Tasty Tuesdays! I’ve pinned this & shared it with my followers! Please be sure to stop back by the party and check out some of the other links!
Bintu says
02/07/2013 at 4:53 pmThank you Anyonita. Was fun linking up.
Anyonita says
09/07/2013 at 2:03 pmThis post has been featured in this week’s roundup! You can see it and grab a featured button here: http://anyonitanibbles.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/tasty-tuesdays-18-10-stunning-food-photos.html
Congrats on the feature!
Bintu says
09/07/2013 at 10:07 pmYaye. Super exciting. Will come grab it tomorrow morning.
Jess @HungryHarps says
03/07/2013 at 2:51 amI hope you and your friend have a blast before she moves! You have me curious now about Sierra Leonean food – like I needed something else to look up on the internet. haha
This Ham & Parm salad looks great, pinning right now. Thank you for sharing at Tasty Tuesdays, hope you have a great week!
Bintu says
23/08/2013 at 7:29 pmThank you Jess. She is just about to leave. 🙁
Javelin Warrior says
25/07/2013 at 8:39 pmSuch an easy salad to make and so light and refreshing especially with this heat! Love the balsamic over the peaches – it sounds so tasty… Thanks so much for sharing with Made with Love Mondays and welcome to the series!
Bintu says
25/07/2013 at 10:10 pmYour series is a fab idea. Look forward to hanging out some more.