Description
This Refreshing Fennel Salad recipe is light, sweet, tangy with a hint of anise flavor. The perfect accent salad to add to the dinner table. The dressing is very light allowing the fennel and apple flavors to really shine, a perfect Whole Food Plant Based salad, oil free, refined sugar free, and no processed ingredients.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 crisp apple, cored and thinly sliced*
- 2 fennel bulbs, leaves separated and cleaned
- 1 medium carrot, cut into 3rds and thinly slices (peels)
- 5 celery stalks, thinly sliced on the diagonal
- 1 lemon, freshly squeezed (about 2–3 Tablespoons)
- ½ medium red onion, thinly sliced into long strips*
- 2 teaspoons organic 100% pure maple syrup
- Sea salt to taste
- Freshly cracked pepper to taste
Instructions
- Thinly slice ½ of a red onion into thin, long strips, then place in a small bowl of water to soak for 5 minutes. *
- Core the apple. Thinly slice 1 crisp apple and place into a large bowl, squeeze the lemon juice over the apples.
- Clean the fennel leaves by separating them, then place them in separate bowl of water, and soak for a few minutes to remove the dirt. Swish them around to remove any dirt stuck to the leaves. Wipe the individual leaves dry, then thinly slice and place into the bowl with apples and splash the lemon juice over them.
- Thinly slice the celery stalks. Cut on the diagonal and place into the bowl with the apples and fennel. Splash the lemon juice over them.
- Thinly slice the carrots into super thin strips with a carrot peeler, then place into the bowl. Splash the lemon juice over them.
- Remove the red onion slices from the water and pat down with a paper towel to remove any excess water and place into the bowl. Splash the lemon juice over them.
- Drizzle the maple syrup over the salad, then lightly season with salt and pepper.
- Gently mix the salad and test the seasoning. This salad has a very light dressing and is very refreshing. Go lightly on the maple syrup to ensure the flavors of the apple and vegetables shine through.
- Place in an airtight container for several hours or overnight before serving.
Notes
Apples: Select a firm, crisp apple such as a granny smith or honey crisp. Leave the skin on.
Red Onion: Soaking red onion slices in water removes the bite and mellows out the flavor.
