Fennel Friday is a movement to spread the word about Fabulous Fennel - the uses and the health benefits. Foodies Unite is a Founder and Co-Sponsor of Fennel Friday every week with our partner, Pollen Ranch. Fennel Friday features Fennel recipes and a Fabulous Fennel Feature every Friday. Join in the Fennel Fun and tweet your recipe to #FennelFriday on twitter. Get more info at Fennel Friday and follow @Fennel Friday on twitter for more Fennel updates!
Happy Fennel Friday! This week for Fennel Friday, we are featuring Fennel and FRUIT recipes. Fennel is a natural companion to many fruits; the sweet aromatic flavor complements a citrus tang or the sweetness of apples and pears, plus gives a great crunch! A Few Fabulous Fennel and Fruit Pairings: Apple lemon lime oranges star [...] Read more »
How many ways can you eat quinoa for breakfast? I should be able to answer this question since I eat quinoa for breakfast almost every morning. I wake up hungry and I want to start the day off with lots of nutrients feeding my body to keep the creative juices flowing until midnight. Normally, my [...] Read more »
Raw Fennel is … Crunchy Tender Subtly Sweet Aromatic Clean Lightly Licorice Good for you! A burst of fresh An AntiOxidant High in fiber, folate and potassium An Immune Booster & full of Vitamin C We could keep going but we want to get to the good stuff – HOW you should be eating your [...] Read more »
It has been a looooooong and busy week and what better way to rejuve ourselves than with Fennel? And since we are all cooking for holidays or just for the weekend, let’s drink our fennel this week! Dionysus is the Greek God of Wine and Celebrations (Bacchanalia!) and he carried a fennel scepter to symbolize [...] Read more »
As the punctuation to a very long and busy week with holiday cooking prep on top, we thought a Fennel Friday that celebrates Drinking Fennel was in order. And yes, we are starting with lunch! To that end and to complement your Easter Brunch, we present the Spicy Fennel Pollen Bloody Mary – light, delicious [...] Read more »
Risotto makes me happy; cooking it, eating it, standing over it and coaxing all of that delicious flavor into those teeny little grains of arborio rice. I can eat it warm or cold – straight from the fridge is gorgeous and I like it in the morning, afternoon and evening. Since Fennel ALSO makes me [...] Read more »
Happy Fennel Friday! How delighted were we to see the Wall Street Journal story about Fennel Pollen??? We agree that Fennel Pollen is Culinary Fairy Dust and we are adding that quote to some our favorite quotes about Fennel Pollen from Top Chefs and Foodie Gurus: The food writer Peggy Knickerbocker said “If angels sprinkled a spice from [...] Read more »
All of us that are involved with Fennel Friday are doing a FENNEL HAPPY DANCE … make that a FENNEL POLLEN HAPPY DANCE! The Wall Street Journal did a lovely article on Fennel Pollen and mentioned Pollen Ranch as one of three distributors for our delightful secret weapon and the inspiration for Fennel Friday! We [...] Read more »
