Roasted fennel and snow pea salad

Roasted fennel and snow pea salad

Here’s one of our all time favorite low carb sides. Roasted fennel is a mild, mellow delight with a hint of licorice flavor ... as sophisticated a vegetable as a smooth jazz song. Serve it up with snow peas and pumpkin seeds you’ll feel the groove!

Roasted fennel and snow pea salad

Here’s one of our all time favorite low carb sides. Roasted fennel is a mild, mellow delight with a hint of licorice flavor ... as sophisticated a vegetable as a smooth jazz song. Serve it up with snow peas and pumpkin seeds you’ll feel the groove!
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4 servingservings

Ingredients

  • 1 lb 450 g fresh fennel
  • 3 tbsp 3 tbsp olive oil
  • sea salt
  • ground black pepper
  • 1 1 lemonlemons
  • 2 tbsp 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds, toasted
  • 5 oz. 140 g snow peas
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Instructions

Instructions are for 4 servings. Please modify as needed.

  1. Preheat the oven to 450°F (225°C).
  2. Cut the stalks and fronds off the fennel. Then cut the fennel bulb into small wedges. Arrange in a baking dish. Drizzle olive oil on top. Salt and pepper to taste.
  3. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze out the juice and save for something else. Cut the lemon rind into thin wedges and place around the fennel (oven-baked lemon gives a lovely flavor but you don't have to eat them if you don't want).
  4. Bake in the oven for 20–30 minutes or until the fennel has turned a nice golden color.
  5. While the fennel is baking, place the pumpkin seeds in a dry frying pan and toast over medium heat for a few minutes until browned but not burnt.
  6. Mix the roasted fennel with raw shredded snow peas and the dry toasted pumpkin seeds. Plate and serve with fish, chicken or meat.

Tip

Save the fennel stalks and fronds after you cut them. The stalks are terrific in soup stocks, and you can eat the fronds raw. Enjoy!

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7 comments

  1. gbl
    Mmmm. Terrific recipes. I'm making the salmon and fennel side dish today. Many thanks.
  2. ed
    Can you set up the recipes' pages for print view ?
    Thanks
  3. Sung Oczon
    Remove the fennel from the oven. Once your fennel bulbs are roasted a nice brown color, carefully take the baking dish out of the oven. Place the roasted wedges on a large serving plate. Mix the sugar snaps and pumpkin seeds up with the roasted fennel on the plate. Serve immediately. You can sprinkle a little more sea salt and freshly ground pepper over the completed dish before serving, if you like.
  4. glad
    With Sugar, really ?
    Reply: #5
  5. suzann
    No sugar. Sugar snap peas.
  6. Donna
    Love this recipe. Added scattering of sun dried tomatoes, goats cheese and baby spinach leaves. Hit with entire household.
  7. ulla
    Hej! Vad är snöärtor för något? Ulla
    Fänkålssallad med snöärtor??

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