I’m a little behind these days on the typical good ole new years resolution of “get moving”.  I have finally joined the bandwagon as of this late February and wanted to find some new and different healthy food items to eat that I would like.  I recently had some fresh fennel in a home-cooked risotto that I thought was pretty good.  While I was at the store, I looked for it and, well.. it’s rather odd looking.  It looks kinda like a very large scallion but with a bigger bulb and some very fine greens coming out the top.

For me, “get moving” means a lot of things; gym time, yoga, pilates and eating greens with every meal in some capacity.  (Now you can understand why I’m looking for something different to eat).  So, Fennel, it tastes like black licorice (please, if you don’t like black licorice, don’t let that keep you from trying it, it’s just my taste buds) and its crunchy, much better than just eating bell pepper strips or carrots.  On the first day of encountering it and using it as a crunchy satisfying snack in the middle of the day, I ended up eating the ENTIRE fennel bulb (it’s about the size of an oversize tennis ball or softball).  Yes, it was that GOOD!   YUMMY.  HEALTHY.  EASY!