Granny Smith Apple and Fennel Slaw

It’s the clean fresh flavours of this salad that make it so tasty. 

 

Ingredients

1        small fennel bulb
1        small carrot
1        U.S. Granny Smith apple, unpeeled
¼ cup each snipped chives and chopped parsley
1 ½     Tbsp lemon juice                                                                                    3/4 tsp Dijon mustard, preferably grainy
¼ cup  olive oil
½ tsp   salt & ppepper

Instructions

1. Slice fennel in half lengthwise. Cut out and discard core and any brown outside pieces. Slice off celery looking ends from fennel (enjoy raw or save for soup). Very thinly slice fennel. Place in a medium bowl. Coarsely grate carrot into bowl. Core apple, then thinly slice into wedges. Add to fennel along with herbs. Gently toss. 

2. Whisk lemon juice with mustard, oil, salt and pepper. Toss with apple mixture. Makes 8 servings.