I’ve been freaking obsessed with this salad. You know how people get obsessed with things, like say, the iphone? I get that about food. Definitely not about the iphone. Mostly cause my iphone takes shite pictures, like the ones in this post.

I’ve been freaking obsessed with this salad. I don’t want to tell you where I got the original inspiration from because you are going to think that I sit outside his damn house, crying and rocking, with my iphone, waiting to see what video he is going to come up with next so that I can make it and write about it and love it all night long. All night long. So yeah. This recipe was inspired by… your moms.

This salad is great for winter cause the veg is everywhere, great for hangovers because it is so thirst quenching, and great for the wallet cause its cheap. Pair this up with anything that needs a bright, watery buddy. Open wide cause you are going to want to eat this up.

Fennel and Celery Salad with Roasted Nuts

1 bulb of fennel
1 bunch of celery
1/4 c. red wine vinegar
1/8 c. olive oil
1/4 mixed roasted, salted nuts, roughly chopped
Fresh black pepper, generously garnished.
Serves 6.

This recipe so wants to be made with a mandolin. Like I have said before, you really really want one of these. It has changed my everything. Check this. You really don’t need anything fancy. A 20 dollar job is juuuuuust fine. So. Wash your veg. Cut your fennel in half and use the stem that is still attached as your handle so you don’t cut the shit out of your fingers. Slice that mother up using the thinnest setting.

Break apart your celery into separate stalks. Cut off the bottom bits and slice slice slice.

Of course, you can use a knife for this but it’s just mo quick with the mandolin.

I like doing a 3:2 / celery:fennel ratio? Combine sliced veg in a bowl and mix. Add your vinegar, then your oil, then your black pepper. Divide into your eatin bowls and top with the nuts.

Some people add cheese to this, like bleu or parmesan, but foreal? That to me makes no kinda sense. Creamy doesn’t go with watery. Does it. (Is watery the right culinary term?) (Fuck culinary terms, yall know what I mean.)

Again. Apologies for the crap pictures. Double ugh.