Red Pepper and Fennel Bulb Salad

Roasted bell pepper combined with leaf lettuce, and diced fennel. Salad is tossed with mixture of soy sauce and vegetable oil and garnished with toasted pine nuts and sesame seeds.

Ingredients -
1 Medium Red Bell Pepper
1/3 cup Pine Nuts, toasted
3 tablespoons Sesame Seeds, toasted
1 Head Leaf Lettuce, rinsed, dried and torn into bite-size pieces
1/2 Bulb Fennel, diced
2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
Fresh Ground Black Pepper, to taste
 
Preparation:

1. Preheat the broiler.

2. Grill the pepper under the broiler until the skin is blackened, and the flesh has softened slightly.

3. Place the pepper in a paper bag to cool.

4. Remove the seeds and skin.

5. Slice into strips.

6. Set the oven to 350 degrees.

7. Place the pine nuts and sesame seeds on a baking sheet, and toast until beginning to brown.

8. Combine the lettuce greens, fennel bulb, and red pepper in a salad bowl.

9. Whisk together the soy sauce and vegetable oil in a small bowl.

10. Pour the mixture over the salad, and toss to coat.

11. Sprinkle with pine nuts and sesame seeds.

12. Season to taste with pepper.

 



Salad Making Tips
Bell Peppers

The bell shaped bell peppers are sweet, tangy and crunchy. Their bright, shiny vivid color makes them the perfect addition to liven up the look of any salad. A one cup serving of bell pepper provides 100% of the daily recommended allowance for vitamin A, and almost 300% of the recommended allowance for vitamin C.


Salad Making Tips
Sesame Seeds

Sesame seeds are available in white, brown and black. The neutral flavored seeds can be enhanced when roasted in a skillet. The crunchy seeds are usually used as a garnish in salads.


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