veggiessima

This week I got this giant fennel in my CSA box.

If you're not familiar with CSAs (Community supported agriculture), you purchase a share of a local farmer's produce, usually pay for the season upfront, and weekly or biweekly you receive or pick up a box with seasonal items. It's an interesting process where you need to use your creativity to cook your meals based on what you get in your box.

This week is being the perfect example of having to get creative to cook with an unusual ingredient to me: fennel! And not only I had never even bought fennel, this one came with this huge green part which I thought would be a crime to just throw away, even though at first I had no idea what to do with it. It's crazy to think how much edible and nutritious produce is discarded and tossed every single day, like carrot greens and beet greens for example.

Yesterday I made some savory pancakes and mixed some of the fennel greens in the pancake dough, it was a great addition! I could have used more, but since this was the first time cooking with fennel greens, I didn't want to risk ruining my meal by using too much.

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