The 15-Minute Citrus Fennel Salad That Fixes Any Dinner
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Published
Aug 12, 2026
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4 min
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Blood orange, shaved fennel, good olive oil. The bright, crunchy reset button for every heavy meal you will cook this season.
Every rich dinner needs a counterweight, and this salad is ours. It takes fifteen minutes, uses a knife and one bowl, and makes whatever you serve next to it taste more intentional.
The assembly
Shave a fennel bulb as thin as your patience allows — a mandoline helps, a sharp knife works. Supreme two blood oranges over the bowl so the juice becomes the base of the dressing. Add good olive oil, flaky salt, and a handful of the fennel fronds.
The dressing is already made. You just caught it in the bowl.
Toss, rest for five minutes so the fennel softens, and finish with olives or shaved parmesan if the main course is lean. It keeps for a day, though it has never had to.
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