A domestic miscellany

Home oeconomics: the science of managing a household. This is my domestic journal, an intermittent record of recipes, home improvements, and textile crafts.
Posts tagged "fennel"

Mediterranean chickpea and kale soup

This is just one of my many variations on onion-tomato-legumes-greens. The base recipe is just those four ingredients, and you can vary the beans (chickpeas, lentils, cannellini, borlotti) and the greens (spinach, chard, silverbeet, kale), not to mention the texture and what it’s served with, to make endless variations on a meal that is almost...

Fennel and orange salad

No photo for this one, alas. Just noting it to keep track of what I’ve been eating and cooking. Fennel and oranges are very much in season at present, so this is the perfect salad for this time of year. 1/2 bulb fennel, very thinly sliced 1 orange, peel and pith removed, quartered, and sliced...

Smoked trout, fennel, and orange salad

Crossposted from this old LJ post. To make four serves: 1 smoked trout 2 bulbs of fennel 3 oranges 4 handfuls of mixed salad leaves olive oil salt and pepper Take off the outer layer of the fennel, quarter the bulb, and slice thinly. Saute in a little olive oil until translucent. Flake the trout...