Vegetable Salad Recipe ❘ Fennel Apple Salad

A simple, refreshing, savory-sweet salad. Thinly sliced fennel is tossed with apple, orange, herbs and an orange- Dijon vinaigrette. Would pair beautifully with grilled fish or roasted, herb chicken and a crisp white wine such as a Sancerre.

Ingredients

• 1 bulb fennel, thinly sliced
• 1 medium apple, cut into matchsticks
• 1 clementine (Mandarin orange) - peeled, segmented, and segments cut in half
• ¼ cup pitted kalamata olives, sliced
• 1 cup thinly sliced Swiss chard
• ¼ cup chopped fresh basil
• ¼ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• ½ teaspoon celery seed
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• sea salt to taste
• 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper to taste
• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil

Cooking Directions

1. Toss fennel, apple, clementine segments, kalamata olives, and Swiss chard together in a large bowl.
2. Scatter basil and parsley atop fennel salad.
3. Whisk lemon juice, orange juice, Dijon mustard, celery seed, oregano, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl.
4. Slowly drizzle olive oil into lemon juice mixture while whisking vigorously to combine dressing.
5. Pour dressing over salad; toss to combine.

Nutrition Facts

• calories215.6
• carbohydrateContent18.1 g
• fatContent16.7 g
• fiberContent4.9 g
• proteinContent2 g
• saturatedFatContent2.3 g
• sodiumContent365.3 mg
• sugarContent6.7 g