fennel

I have never used fennel very much but the class I am in now is whole foods. We are making some very nice recipes. The one I tried today was to take pita pocket bread, split it so it is thin and cut into chips. I then brushed with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt and ground fennel. I baked them till crisp and ate for a snack.

They were very good and I would make them again. They would be a nice addition to any dip plate. The fennel surprised me as to the fact that when I ground it it smelled like licorice, but the taste was earthy and just tasty.

The book we are using is The Garden of Eating by Rachel Albert and Don Matesz
It is A Produce-Dominated Diet 7 Cookbook

As I try these recipes in our class I will keep you posted on the results.

As for the garden it is growing great with one exception. The wild rabbit ate all my cucumbers down to the dirt and all but one of my zucchini. So now it has a fence to keep nature out. Replacing the cucumbers will set me back on time of harvest. It will still be glorious to harvest my own veggies.

I am toying with the idea of going as vegetarian as I can to improve my health by reducing weight. My job some times requires eight hours of walking and on various levels of ground surface. I hope this will be a plus to help me lose the weight.