Ontario peaches and other stone fruits have found their way into grocery aisles. For any of you muttering meh, you can stop reading right now and go have another Twinky. The rest of you can join the happy dance at Peachy Headquarters.

Peach & Burrata Salad

What you need:

• 2 large ripe peaches, thinly sliced

• ¼ medium red onion, thinly sliced

• ¼ cup white wine vinegar

• 1 teaspoon sugar

• salt, pepper to taste

• 4 cups mixed bitter greens

• ¾ cup fresh mint leaves

• 2 tablespoons olive oil

• 8 ounces burrata

What you do:

1. Toss peach slices, onion, vinegar, and sugar in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Allow to rest for ten minutes.

2. Strain mixture, reserving liquid. Add greens and mint leaves and toss gently together. Drizzle in oil and 2 tablespoons of reserved pickling liquid.

3. To serve: spoon salad onto plates and top each serving with pieces of burrata. Season with salt and pepper and drizzle with a little more oil if desired.

This is filling enough for lunch, or as a tasty appetizer for your patio dinners. I like it with buttermilk eggplant(recipe coming next week, along with a book that caused me to ignore my family for 24 hours. Yes, it was that good. More next week).

More from peachy headquarters here:

The last of the peaches

Picnic imperatives always involves a peach

Nature’s perfect couple

Not a fan of peaches? Dropped on your head as a baby, I see.  Here’s some other juice for your weekend reading:

• Reasons Your Creative Type Has Broken Up with You  (dedicated to my writing peers, especially new friends from a creative jolt kind of day I experienced recently. Last weekend I attended a “writing in the garden worship” with nine writers and an instructor (Thanks Beth Kaplan) who fed us lunch and wine at the end of the day, after feeding us writing prompts, then sending us off to write in her leafy oasis. We would then convene to read our words aloud if we chose. We did, and oh what words tumbled forth! This kind of activity may not suit a beginner but it does suit this wonky writer: I found the company and the exercises equally brilliant.

• Wish I wrote these snappy lyrics: “Some say she’s from Mars / Or one of the seven stars / That shine after three-thirty in the morning / Well, she isn’t!” from “Planet Claire”.  A big star for you if you guess which talented musicians wrote them. Or just find it here in this awesome list with some of my all time faves (curated by NPR): The 150 Greatest Albums Made by Women

• 50 Things It is Finally Time to Get Rid Of  (This list made me twitchy. Have they been sneaking around my house or what?)

• The Toronto Islands will reopen to visitors this Monday. This is welcome news for this picnic fan. What of the residents? How did they fare? Read on about The Year of the Flood.

• Saturday night movies at home are suddenly hip again, thanks to a terrific new Canadian series hosted by arts journalist Johanna Schneller.

• Celebrity pseudo-science has a new Canadian enemy and she’s ready to fight.

HAVE A PEACHY WEEKEND. Got some tasty peach recipes to share? Have your say below!!!