best fennel salad ever. picked up a few bunches (sounds like i'll be making vanilla bean and fennel ice cream for this weeks pizza night) and couldn't resist making this salad. as inspired by what's for dinner? fennel bulb sliced, tomatoes, kalamata olives, red onion. this time i added some cheese- manchego. dressing of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lots of s & p. some purple and green basil and some of the fennel leaves..
the cheese wasn't all that necessary or noticeable- and i don't usually do it. but maybe next time fresh mozz or some feta would be nice. creamier and chunkier.. the crunch is my most favorite texture and this salad is great on a pile of greens too. it gets real juicy from the tomatoes and is beautiful, fresh and a little salty for summer.
it was really great to spend a hot hot hot day at a pool. we stopped floating for a bit in the afternoon for a wonderful lunch of cold salads. all the other stuff we ate is in the next few posts. there was a really good cold watermelon too and ice cream cake from graeters for pammie's birthday. happy birthday, pam!
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