Fennel recipe needed

[kmik]

I got some stuff that I think is Fennel (I get a box of organic veggies every week, never know what'll be in it!). But it looks like this stuff http://www.potomacvegetablefarms.com/images/veggies/fennel.jpg ... although when I found it in a grocery store they had it labeled "anise (fennel)"

Anyway, what can I make with this stuff? Can I eat all of it? The leaves, the stalks, the bulb?

Thanks :)

[sport]

I went to dinner in a house in Italy last year and they knew that I was raw and served me a terific plate of stuff that included my first raw fennel. I thought that it was great just sliced up in a salad. I have not found any (organic) in the stores here so have not had it since.

[chamomile]

The picture is of fennel. Here it's sold with the leaves cut off, but I think they are edible to. You can juice it. If you have a powerful blender you can make a green smoothie with it. Or you can cut it up into bite size pieces and put it into your salad.
Here's a reciepe I like:
fennel, cut up into bite size pieces
carrot, shredded(I use eq amounts of carrot and fennel)
alittle olive oil, lemon juice and honey
enjoy, it's such fun to try new foods

[lil fairy z girl]

do you have alissas book? the fennel salad in there is really nice. raw food real world has a fennel recipe in there too, with pink grapefruit also very nice.

sal
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[Conscious Midwife]

Fennel makes things "taste Italian". I would use it in any dish that you were making tomatoe sauce for in a raw dehydrated "meat" loaf.

When cooked vegetarian I use to add fennel to my scrambled tofu and toany kind of TVP or meat nalog that I wanted to taste like italian sausage.



May also taste great in a raw manicotti dish

[mbf]

The carrot pecan burgers have fennel in them, not much but it's a use for it.

Mara