Serves about 6.

Ingredients:

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 medium purple onion
  • 2 medium fennel bulbs
  • 1 yellow pepper
  • 2 naval oranges
  • Fresh parsley or tarragon

Orange Fennel Salad Recipe Ingredients:

  1. Peel and slice onion in half top to bottom and then cut crosswise into narrow half circle pieces.
  2. In large skillet saute onion in oil 2 to 3 minutes.
  3. Cut fennel bulbs  in half top to bottom and then cut crosswise into narrow half circle pieces.  Add to skillet.
  4. Cut yellow pepper the same way into narrow half rings.  Add to skillet and sauté five minutes.
  5. Add juice of half an orange and continue cooking for a total of about 12 minutes.
  6. Remove from heat, place on platter and cool.
  7. Top with oranges sliced into pieces.
  8. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

Optional:  top with crumbled feta cheese or toasted walnuts, or serve warm and use as a bed for lightly sautéed white fish such as sole or snapper, for a whole meal.