A Happy Thought For Wednesday


All the things that you truly need to live happy can be found at home with your family and friends,
with God if and wherever he resides in your life...
or at Walmart with 10,000 other people, all of them standing in the aisle you want to go down.

Wednesdom - 07-02-08 On Fennel


Fennel is your friend.

~Fabiola

Fabiola apologizes for quoting herself, but she discovered that precious few words of wisdom have been recorded on the subject of perennial bulb vegetables.

Happy Thoughts Partly Sunny

The Sun is shining.

Fennel is Your Friend

Perhaps you have a wider circle of friends than does Fabiola, in which case Fennel may be a complete stranger. Let the ever gracious Fabiola introduce you.

The Fennel bulb can be eaten raw or cooked, it will give a very slight anise flavor to a salad or can be served as a hot vegetable. Fabiola thinks that steamed fennel with peas or carrots is lovely. Fennel leaves -- feathery and ferny, like dill, are nice on a sandwich.

Fennel calms a churning tummy and -- (Another thing that Fabiola doesn't talk about -- so she will whisper) fennel helps control gas. Now darlings, ... nevermind, Fabiola doesn't want to get the reputation of being a nag.

Fabiola believes that is enough not said.

Recipe for roasted fennel <-- link to elise.com

Fennel also goes well with fish and egg dishes, but mostly, Fabiola just slices it and crunches away.