Anyway, it was a very healthy salad with a couple of new ingredients (for me): fennel and banana peppers. It tastes a lot like salsa, but would be good as a salad too. I would chop everything much smaller so it could be used on chips or bread as the recipe suggests.
This is another recipe from Allrecipes.com. I have a few other books/sites/people that I am gathering recipes from, but Allrecipes is nice because they have ratings and are tried and true. Plus people give suggestions on how to change things up in the comment sections.
Fennel Cucumber Salsa |
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Submitted By: Jenny Photo By: sueb
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"This is a fresh and unusual salsa. Use it as an appetizer or on grilled meats. The fennel has a surprisingly light flavor. Perfect for summer."
Ingredients:
1 English cucumber, diced 1 large fennel bulb, diced 1 avocado - peeled, pitted, and diced 1/2 red onion, chopped 1/2 cup pickled banana peppers, diced | 1 bunch cilantro, chopped 2 tablespoons honey 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice salt and pepper to taste |
Directions:
| 1. | Combine the cucumber, fennel, avocado, red onion, banana peppers, cilantro, honey, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Allow mixture to sit 20 minutes before serving. |
I didn't calculate the carbs or calories because it's mostly just vegetables. I think the carbs would be close to zero. And it looks pretty healthy calorie wise.
Our friends rated it at a 7 or 8 on average. The kids didn't love it though... We'll work on them :)
Did you like fennel? I cooked it once. Hated it. Tasted like that nasty hard black licorice that my grandad used to have. Blech!
ReplyDeleteI really like it. I tried it for the first time last year baked with some apples and a few other ingredients. It was really good. But then again, I like black licorice :)
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