Caramelized Peaches and Vega Harvest Salad

Hello again! Do you ever just spontaneously come up with an idea so good you impress yourself? That was pretty much me the other evening when I really needed something sweet and started rummaging about in my fridge. I came across the last of my stash of white peaches that hadn't yet ripened. Now I know that to make it ripen faster I would have to haul it out and set it somewhere at room temperature for a bit and then it would sort itself out; however, I really wanted to eat it right NOW. The flavour of slightly unripened peaches is just fine, it's the crunchiness that throws me off a little. I was just going to suck it up and eat it anyways when it occurred to me that I could caramelize it and make a really delicious desert!

Caramelized Peaches and Pecans
Serves: Me in the middle of the night

1 Peach (white or yellow is fine)
2 tsp coconut oil
2 tsp coconut palm sugar (could use brown sugar instead)
1/4 Cup pecan halves

1. In a non-stick frying pan, melt coconut oil and add coconut sugar. Heat and stir to dissolve the sugar in the oil.
2. Chop your peach into slices. The thinner the slices, the more gooey they will get.
3. Add your peach slices and pecan halves to the pan and cook on medium heat until the peaches start to soften and the oil and sugar mixture begins to thicken and caramelize.

 

4. When your peaches reach desired nomminess, serve and devour! If you wanted to be really indulgent, you could toss these on top of some ice cream or something. They are also delicious just on their own which was how I ate them.

 

 

Also wanted to mention that I recently went ahead and made Vega's Harvest Quinoa Salad which was absolutely fantastic! It was perfect time for it as I happened to have some roasted butternut squash already saved from my previous recipe so it was super fast to throw together. Of course, I completely forgot that I needed to have quinoa cooked for this salad and ended up throwing that together at the last minute and eating the salad while the quinoa was still warm. Regardless, it was filling, satisfying, and good clean eating after my super intense workout session yesterday morning!

 

Want the recipe? http://myvega.com/vega-life/recipe-center/harvest-quinoa-salad-with-citrus-dressing/ 

 

In my salad, I completely forgot the peas and ended up having to adjust the dressing slightly because I didn't have all the ingredients, but I recommend that those wanting to try it out stick as close as possible to the original recipe!  Here is a picture of how mine turned out:

 

 

Has anybody else hopped on this quinoa salad bandwagon? Any recipes to share?