HYDRATING FENNEL AND AVOCADO SMOOTHIE

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 cup cubed frozen mango – or pawpaw??
  • 1 fennel bulb – roughly chopped (use the green fronds, too)
  • 1-inch piece ginger
  • juice of 1 lime
  • handful fresh mint leaves (optional)
  • ½ – ¾ cup raw coconut water – depends on the kind of consistency you like, I used ½ cup for a creamy, spoonable smoothie
  • Combine all the ingredients in a blender until smooth. Adjust the amount of liquid if needed. Garnish with fennel fronds and mint leaves.

Raw Rainbow Carrot and Nectarine Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients
1 bunch rainbow dutch carrots, sliced into discs
2 cm cube ginger, diced fine
1 clove garlic, minced
1 pinch fennel seed
1 lime, zest
½ tsp honey
5 thyme sprigs
1 fennel bulb, diced
1 nectarine, diced
½ cup almonds, chopped

Make the salad dressing by mixing garlic, ginger, thyme, lime rind and juice, fennel seeds and honey in a bowl.

Then add sliced carrots, fennel, nectarine and almonds and toss with dressing, serve and enjoy.