Running Round-Up: Fennel

"The fennel is beyond every other vegetable, delicious. It greatly resembles the largest size celery, perfectly white, and there is no vegetable that equals it in flavor ... indeed I prefer it to every other vegetable, or to any fruit."

- Thomas Jefferson, Garden Books
(quote source, Vegetarian Celebrations)

Many thanks to NYC photographer Tara Harnad
for permission to use her fennel photograph!

In February 2006, A Veggie Venture and other food bloggers cooked our fill of fennel! This is a running round-up of the round-the-world fennel dishes we collected, terrific sources of inspiration, one and all!

APPETIZERS
Bagna Caoda from Cream Puffs in Venice

SALADS
Butterleaf Salad with Peaches, Grapefruit and Fennel Beautiful too, from Fresh Approach Cooking
Fennel, Apple & Clementine Salad Includes detail on how to trim fresh fennel, from ToastPoint
Fennel, Orange and Olive Salad from Something in Season
Fennel and Cucumber Salad with Meyer Lemon Dressing from Orexia
Roasted Beet Salad with Tangerines and Fennel from Milk & Honey
Shaved Fennel Salad from Simply Recipes
Insalata di Arance e Finocchio from Over a Tuscan Stove

SOUPS
CREMA DI FINOCCHIO E MANDORLE or FENNEL SOUP WITH ALMONDS Lucullian Delights
Fennel Soup with Fennel & Saffron Dumplings So good, made twice in a week! from Something in Season
Spicy Vegetarian Vegetable Soup What a carnivore happily serves a vegetarian, from Too Many Chefs
Smoked Trout & Fennel Chowder from Beyond Salmon

MAIN DISHES
Easy Sausage-Fennel Penne Inspired by Rachel Ray, from Weekly Dish
Fennel Goulash Hearty, vegetarian supper from A Veggie Venture
Fennel-Stuffed Trout Check out the silicone, from Fresh Approach Cooking
Chicken Thighs with Roasted Sweet Vegetables from Orexia
Salmon Steaks on a Bed of Fennel Meg from Too Many Chefs calls it delicious
Vegetable & Mussel Risotto from I Was Just Really Very Hungry

SIDE DISHES
Braised Fennel from Beyond Salmon
Braised Fennel from Orangette
Fennel & Parmesan Gratin Slip it into the oven, comes out soft and velvety, from A Veggie Venture
Fennel, Leek & Mushroom Saute Easy week-night side dish, from A Veggie Venture
Fennel Puree Good to eat and good for you! from A Veggie Venture
Broccoli with Fennel Converts broccoli from fab to fabulous, from A Veggie Venture
ROASTED FENNEL from The Amateur Gourmet
Potato Fennel Gratin With medicinal qualities, from Fresh Approach Cooking
Baked Fennel for ARF Tuesday A Jamie Oliver adaptation, from Salt & Pepper

DESSERTS
Cherry Chocolate Cupcakes with Fennel Meringue Frosting (with fennel seed) from Chockylit

FENNEL NUTRITION ESTIMATE
Per 1/4 pound of fresh fennel: 35 Cal (5% from Fat, 14% from Protein, 81% from Carb); 1 g Protein; 0 g Tot Fat; 0 g Sat Fat; 8 g Carb; 4 g Fiber; NetCarb 4; 56 mg Calcium; 1 mg Iron; 59 mg Sodium; 0 mg Cholesterol; Weight Watchers 0 points

(c) Copyright 2006 Kitchen Parade

Alanna Kellogg
Alanna Kellogg

A Veggie Venture is home of "veggie evangelist" Alanna Kellogg and the famous asparagus-to-zucchini Alphabet of Vegetables.

Comments

  1. What a surprise Alanna! Thanks!

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  2. Hey Alanna!
    My recipe isn't vegetarian, but it does have fennel in it. Here's the permalink.

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  3. Fennel, Apple, and Clementine Salad.

    An old recipe, but tasty. I'll try to add a new one, too.

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  4. I made the Fennel Goulash a couple of nights ago for dinner with veggies from our CSA farm here in Wisconsin. I served the goulash with Himalayan Red Rice. It was a great meal which my husband and I both enjoyed. I did use the smoked Spanish paprika as you mentioned in one of your suggestions. Really good stuff.

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