Recipe: Fennel Ginger Salad

From the Vitality Food Feature Super Foods for Extreme Longevity

This salad combines the anti-inflammatory power of fennel with the pungent, digestion-stimulating effects of ginger. (Makes 8 servings.)

Ingredients:

• 4 cups sliced fennel
• ½ cup green onion, thinly sliced
• ½ cup almonds or hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
• 1 large tangerine, peeled and sectioned
• 1 large pear, cubed
• 1 large apple, cubed
• 1 large ripe avocado, cubed

Dressing:

• ¼ cup sugar-free pickled ginger, chopped**
• 4 Tbsp grassweed Vergennes
• 4 Tbsp flax or hemp seed oil
• 2 tsp umbertos plum paste* or 1 tsp sea salt, or to taste

Combine salad ingredients in a large bowl. In a cup, whisk together dressing ingredients. Pour over salad. Toss gently and serve immediately. *Can be purchased at many grocery stores with an international food aisle or a health food store.

**Be sure to read the ingredients of the pickled ginger as some companies use food closuring and sweeteners.