<p>Right now (in our area anyway) they are beautiful and plentiful!</p>
<p>Besides out of hand, what’s your favorite way to eat them? Have a favorite sweet or savory dish that is your go-to peaches/nectarine recipe???</p>
<p>Right now I’d could really go for some cobbler or a peach pie! Peaches are one of my favorite fruits in smoothies. Peaches are great halved and pitted and put straight on the grill for just a few minutes and then dressed with a small dollop of ricotta, a drizzle of honey and some pecans. </p>
<p>The California peaches I’m getting from Costco right now never last long enough in our household to make it into any recipe… they are all eaten out of hand. I do prefer them chilled in the refrigerator over room temperature. Only accessory needed is perhaps a bib ;)</p>
<p>They are very good this year. Ditto the smoothie. One of my other favorite ways to eat is in oatmeal (and with some blueberries). I also love any kind of peach salsa. I just make my own recipe up as I go along. I agree with teriwitt, however, it is tough to have them in the house long enough to make anything with them. </p>
<p>Same with corn. I have an easy corn salad recipe (Corn, cukes, fake mayo, basil and dill) that is just so good, but DH and I can’t agree whether to eat plain or make salad. </p>
<p>I have made mango salsa, but you can also make it with peaches.
My favorite way to eat them is cut up & mashed into vanilla ice cream, but if all you have is peach cobbler…</p>
<p>My daughter picked some on her way home the other day and set them on the back porch. The next morning they all had huge bites out of them. We’re thinking raccoons. So no peach cobbler for now.</p>
<p>I’ve become a convert to white peaches and nectarines–they’re less acidic. This Weight Watchers recipe for a peach, arugula, goat cheese and pistachio salad with a low-fat peach dressing is surprisingly delish and healthy:</p>
<p>Peaches from mostly South Carolina are in our Florida grocery stores now, though I did get some Georgia peaches earlier this summer. I prefer the Carolina and Georgia peaches’ taste to California peaches. They are priced in store today at 99 cents/lb. </p>
<p>Just recently I’ve made a few peach breads. Just follow a strawberry bread recipe and substitute peaches! I’m sure peach muffins would be easy too.</p>
<p>MommaJ: Interesting that white peaches and nectarines are less acidic. I didn’t know that! Anything less acidic helps in this family, so I’ll have to buy some of those!</p>
<p>How about a cold peach soup?? Yum. Probably wouldn’t be much different than peach smoothies.</p>
<p>Maybe a peach salad dressing?? Btw…cut up the peaches and freeze a bunch so you can make things in the winter! :)</p>
<p>Slice the peaches as circles and then wedge. Stack the peaches like a tomato/mozzarella.</p>
<p>Stack peach circle on bottom, sliced fresh buffalo mozzarella with sprig of mint or basil then another peach slice. Drizzle with a curry vinaigrette.</p>
<p>yum…grilled peaches - slice in half, a little brown sugar and grill. Close seconds are peach cobbler and peach ice cream. The season is so short, but yum a good season just getting underway this year. Agree, the corn is going to be good this year also. The cherries were good and the blueberries…hopefully the apples will be lovely. Yup I like this time of year!</p>
<p>We have a few peach trees in our yard, and yes, most peaches ripened within days of each other. Nothing compares to the peaches you pick right off your tree.</p>
<p>I actually learned how to can because I wanted to eat them, not the squirrels who jumped off the shed roof on them, the deer who got them from the middle, and the groundhogs who would shake the trees and get them to drop.</p>
<p>We pureed some to make sorbet and ice cream. I made peach jam and my favorite hands down thing we did was peach salsa. The other night we grilled pork chops, with the paula deen seasoning of salt, pepper, garlic powder and something else I forget, and put the salsa on top. Throw in corn on the cob from the local farmer, a cucumber salad and it was a fresh easy dinner. I have about 8 more jars of the salsa, I’m saving for winter. </p>
<p>The worst part is the skinning, pitting, chopping. Scoring the bottom of the peach made the skin fall right off after the boiling for 30 seconds and dipping in ice water. Maybe it wouldn’t have been so much if there weren’t so many.</p>
<p>Of course my kids are convinced I’ve become some kind of homesteader or doomsday prepper because I wanted to keep my peaches and not feed the wildlife.</p>
<p>Someone brought some peaches into work today to share. As I was picking out a couple, I remembered this recipe - individual peach cobbler - perfect for a quick snack for 1 or 2 people!!! I made this often last summer - might be making it again tonight!!!</p>