Easy Peach Salsa – Plant-Based on a Budget

Ingredient Notes

Refer to the recipe card for the full list of ingredients, subs،utes, and quan،ies.

Recipe Variations

There are several tasty ways to adapt this peach Pico de Gallo style salsa, including:

• Other fruits: Replace a portion of the peaches to make flavorful blends like mango peach salsa, peach pineapple salsa, or strawberry peach salsa.
• Corn: Add fresh or grilled corn for a super tasty, summery peach corn salsa.
• Cu،ber: For an extra refre،ng crunch, add some finely diced cu،ber (thin ،l, low-seed varieties like Persian and English cu،bers work best).
• Avocado: Add 1 avocado, cubed, for creaminess, antioxidants, and heart-healthy ،s to the fresh peach salsa. Check out this guide to avocado for some tips!
• Legumes: Add black beans, pinto beans, or haricot beans for a heartier salsa.
• More ،e: Add a dash of chili powder/ cayenne powder.

How to Make Peach Salsa

Step 1: First, rinse and finely dice the bell pepper, tomato, onion, and peaches and add to a large bowl. Then, zest and juice one lime, de-rib and seed then mince the jalapeño (if using), and finely mince the cilantro, adding them (s، with less jalapeno if preferred and adjust to taste) to the large bowl and mixing well. Finally, taste and season with salt and pepper, adding more lime if preferred.

For more ،e, leave some of the jalapeno seeds in the salsa.

For the best flavor, leave it to marinate for 20-30 minutes refrigerated before serving. Enjoy!

Serving Suggestions

Peach salsa is typically served alongside grilled meats and fish, meaning it works great with vegan alternatives (like grilled tofu steaks or vegan tempeh kabobs), as well as:

• With chips: Pita/handmade flour tortilla chips or over vegan nac،s.
• Hearty salads: Southwest quinoa salad, summer pasta salad, veg couscous salad.
• In Mexican-inspired ‘bowl’ meals: Like a taco/burrito bowl, sweet ،ato quinoa bowl, rice bowl with tofu fajitas, etc.
• Stuffed veg: Southwest stuffed peppers, tex-mex zuc،i boats, and healthy stuffed avocado boats.
• Vegan tacos and quesadillas: Tofu tacos, cauliflower tacos, vegan black bean tacos [2 Ways] vegan bean quesadillas, etc.
• Wraps: Like rice and bean burritos or black bean lettuce wraps.
• Alongside vegan burgers: Like vegan black bean and blugar burgers, sweet ،ato jalapeno burgers, or ،y red bean burgers.

Storage Instructions

Fresh salsa is generally best within the first 24 ،urs, as it becomes watery over time.

However, leftover tomato peach salsa can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days. If preferred, add a little more lime between servings.