Hi Fennel, it's nice to meet you!

I went to the farmers market with the dudie this morning and after a mini train ride, tasting all the sample fruits, all of a sudden he points at something, "what is this mama?" it was a white bulb with a fuzzy top... I couldn't remember the name of that vegetable it is a hmmmm.. oh it's a fennel! so he replied "I like fennel" and I thought well good for you specially that you never had it but even worse I never had it so it was time to get to know that veggie better. So once at home I googled and roasted and we had a fantastic fennel salad, some italian spicy tofu dogs, and roasted orange bell peppers poolside..

roasted fennel salad

2 medium size fennels sliced
1 medium yellow onion
canola oil
salt + pepper
1 head of green lettuce
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
2 tbs orange cranberry (trader joe's)

dressing

1/4 olive oil
2 Tbs flax seed oil
1/4 cup orange muscat champagne vinegar
2 Tbs agave
1/4 tsp thyme
1/4 tsp tarragon
1 tsp salt

preheat oven to 375, cut the onions into quarters and place them on a baking sheet along with the sliced fennels bake for about 25 min. in the meantime put all the dressing ingredients into a blender (I used my beloved vitamix) and once the onions are done put them into the blender as well and blend until smooth. then place in the fridge to chill. put the fennel aside to let it cool try to keep it on a rack so it keeps crisp. Cut the lettuce into bite size, add the cranberries, pine nuts fennel and dressing.