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Fennel-Celery-Mandarine Salad

SaladsJuliette Navarromandarines, healthy, clean eating, salads, winter, fennel, celery, fresh, lowcarb, delicious, lightComment
Fennel-Celery-Mandarine Salad

A little spring tease? Not completely. This salad is refreshing as spring but has the sweetness ot the most amazing winter fruit: the mandarines.

This crisp and bright salad is the perfect side dish for a quick week-night cooking. It comes quick together and has a delicious light lemon vinaigrette.

I had the chance to try it at a little gathering we had at home lately, inspired by my Italian room mates, this salad is everything else but boring. 

The fennel and celery makes this salad very fresh, the mandarines give a wonderful juiciness, the feta a little creamy kick and the golden pine nuts a rich nutty finish. 

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Preparation time: 

approx. 15 min. 

4 servings (as appetizers)

Ingredients:

  • 1 little Fennel 

  • 3 Celery sticks   

  • 4 Mandarines

  • Feta

  • 200 g Pine nuts

  • 1 head of romana salad 

  • Half of 1 big red onion

  • Salt 

  • Pepper

  • Lemon

  • Olive oil 

Directions: 

  1. First wash the romana salad, fennel and celery. Cut the salad in mouth-friendly pieces, the celery in little chunks and the fennel in thin slices. 

  2. Peel off the mandarine skin and cut off pieces with your hand. Gently toast your pine nuts on medium heat and make sure to stir them constantly in the pan (as they can burn quickly)

  3. Crumble a bit of feta (as much as you like). Cut thin slices of the red onion.

  4. Toss everything together and top your salad with the pine nuts and feta crumbs. 

  5. To finish it all off - squeeze the juice of one lemon on top and drizzle some good quality olive oil on top. Season to taste with salt and pepper.