Fennel Pasta with Greens
Full confession I don't like fennel, but it's super good for you, so if you like and especially can get farm fresh right now, it's worth a look. Fennel provides dietary fiber, vitamin C, and potassium, and it's low calorie like celery. It is also known to promote gut health, heart health, high cholesterol, and fights cell damage with antioxidants. I don't have a real recipe for this just - I just cut up bulb and roast with balsamic, a bit of olive oil, a little homemade garlic powder, and fresh lemon juice for about 10 minutes to 15 minutes (depending if you prefer crunchy). We had our garden tomatoes and peppers to add, and we are swimming in arugula so on it goes - all over pasta with a little lemon butter sauce. Fronds (the feathery, dill-like green leaves at the top of the stalks of fennel) are great garnish.