Fennel Strawberry Salad

Fresh fennel is an excellent food to incorporate into your spring and summer lifestyle. Not only is it high in fiber, antioxidants and Vitamin C, it is good for digestion and it is a diuretic vegetable, meaning that it increases the volume and frequency of urination which helps to remove toxic substances from the body. It is fresh, light, crisp and has a mild anise flavor. Adding it to your juicing recipes and chopping it into salads are easy ways to get this health promoting and detox supporting vegetable into your diet.

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Ingredients:

¼ cup thinly sliced red onion.  Rinse well after cutting and soak in enough red wine vinegar to cover for about 15 minutes (this will lessen the intensity of the onion in the salad.

1 large handful of Spring Mix salad greens or Arugula

½ bulb fennel cut into ½-1 inch chunks rinsed well and patted dried.  Discard the stalks but save the leafy fronds for garnish.

¼ of a large sweet bell pepper cut into ½-1 inch pieces.

3-4 inch piece of English Cucumber cut into ½-1 inch pieces.

4-5 large strawberries cut into ½ inch pieces.

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Vinaigrette

·1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil

·1 ½ tsp Red Wine Vinegar

·½ tsp dried oregano flakes

·¼ tsp garlic powder

·1 tsp raw honey

½ orange - squeezed

1/8 tsp sea salt

·1/8 tsp black pepper

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Method

1.       Chop up vegetables and place in glass bowl.  

2.       Put dressing ingredients in a jar and shake them up

3.       Serve and enjoy!

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Yours in health & vitality,

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Amy