What do you know about FENNEL? (the vegetable) how good is it with calories?does it count like a free food?

Answer 1

Fennel
This vegetable is often called Finocchio or Sweet Anise. The edible portions are the enlarged bases of the leaf petioles, which overlap each other to form a compact "bulb." Fennel can be
eaten cooked or raw like celery, and, because of its licorice taste, is used in flavoring. It also stores well.

Fennel (raw, bulb), 1 cup (200g)
Calories: 27
Protein: 1.08g
Carbohydrate: 6.3g
Total Fat: 0.17g
Fiber: 2.7g
*Good source of: Potassium (360mg), and Vitamin C (10mg)

Answer 2

Fennel has a mild licorice taste. Slice the bulb and roast it in the oven with olive oil. You are misguided if you are counting calories of vegetables. Talk to a nutrionist and follow the food pyramid.

Answer 3

Fennel is mostly water. Gobble it up to your heart's content and you won't see any difference in your waisline, I promise. Have you already tried it with fish? Try it thinly sliced over fish--any fish--with some thinly sliced onion and lemon. You can sneak it into nearly any fish preparation and people will wonder what you did to make it taste so good.

Answer 4

Chocolate is a veggie, so remember to get 3-5 servings daily.

Answer 5

I avoid fennel at all cost, I'm allergic to it! ICK!

Answer 6

I married into an Italian family and they serve it after a meal for "digestion." It is also good just for the fact that it's a veggie.

Answer 7

It is used more as a spice than a food so clories are so slight because so little is used

Answer 8

I think it is good for roughage and iron like most other green vegetables.

Answer 9

I can only imagine that it is good for you, it tastes so bad. Why is it that all the things that taste the worst are usually the same ones that are really good for you, e.g. spinach.