fennel, orange + red beets salad

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This fennel, orange + red beets salad is a super healthy and colorful lunch, dinner or side dish. It looks fancy and pretty, but it’s so easy to throw together and is made with only a few simple ingredients. It’s tossed with a healthier vinaigrette without any oil.

Fennel, orange + red beets salad ingredients

You only need a handful of ingredients to make this salad.

The ingredients are:

• Fennel
• Orange
• Cooked red beets
• Canned chickpeas
• Hazelnuts

Honey, mustard + tahini vinaigrette ingredients

We’re coating the salad in my favorite dressing of the moment: a honey, mustard + tahini vinaigrette. It tastes just as good as your regular vinaigrette, but it uses a lot less oil. The oil is substituted with a small amount of healthy, calcium rich tahini instead.

The ingredients are:

• mustard
• honey
• tahini
• apple cider vinegar
• salt + pepper

How does this fennel, orange + red beets salad taste?

Fennel is the star of the show in this simple throw together salad, which looks super pretty + colorful. I love its subtle flavor, which reminds me of licorice and anise seeds. It’s a great addition to salads when sliced really thin and finely with a mandolin.

Fennel and orange go along really well. The orange adds some freshness + sweetness to the salad. The red beets add an earthy flavor to it, while the toasted hazelnuts add some crunch. The flavors of this salad go together really well.

To make this salad a little more filling, I’ve added some cooked chickpeas. They also provide some extra protein to the dish.

How to make this recipe

First, stir together the dressing ingredients in a bowl and set aside. Then you prep and cut all vegetables and the orange. The fennel is then tossed together with the honey, mustard + tahini vinaigrette in a separate bowl. Arrange the fennel on a pretty serving platter and arrange all other ingredients on top. Drizzle with a little olive oil ( optional) and serve.

Recipe suggestions

• For this recipe, it’s recommended to use a mandolin, a tool which helps you to achieve super thin slices. You could also try to slice the fennel als thinly as possibly with a sharp knife.
• This salad is great to have for lunch. It can also be a light + healthy dinner or a side dish.
• The chickpeas in this salad make it quite filling, but you can also add some extra canned tuna to make it even more filling.

Did you make this recipe?

I hope you’ll enjoy this fennel, orange + red beets salad as much as I did. If you made this recipe and liked it, please share your comments + suggestions below.