This sliced fennel, tomato, and avocado salad recipe is crisp, light, and refreshing. The avocado combines with the lemon salad dressing and makes a creamy fennel salad.
What Does Fennel Taste Like?
Fennel's texture is crunchy, clean, and crisp. The seeds, bulb, and foliage are all edible. The leaves look similar to dill and is in the same plant family.
Fennel has a fresh and slightly licorice or anise taste. It generally blows my personal chef clients away with it's simplicity and taste.
How To Pick Fennel:
Look for compact firm fennel bulbs with no browning or splitting for this simple fennel salad with tomatoes or avocado.
Use a mandoline or food processor to carefully slice the fennel if you don't want to use a knife.
Make the Lemon Dressing For Fennel Salad
Most salad dressings are made by whisking in the oil slowly. Sometimes, time is an issue and we want to eat faster.
Instead, add the fennel salad dressing ingredients into a mason jar and shake vigorously. EASY!
Fennel Salad with Tomatoes and Avocado
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This sliced fennel, tomato, and avocado salad recipe is crisp, light, and refreshing. The avocado combines with the lemon salad dressing and makes a creamy fennel salad.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 6
- Category: Salad
- Method: No Cooking Involved
- Cuisine: International
- Diet: Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Keto, Low Fat, Low-Carb, Paleo, Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole30
Ingredients
Ingredient List Salad:
- 2 small fennel bulbs w/ foliage, bulbs halved & thinly sliced
- 1 avocado, peeled, seeded, diced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 2 tablespoon fennel foliage, chopped for garnish
Ingredient List Dressing:
- lemon zest from half of one lemon
- 2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (~ 1 lemons)
- ¼ cup e.v. olive oil
- 1 ½ tablespoon shallots, finely diced or minced
- ⅓ teaspoon salt (or to taste)
- pinch black pepper
Instructions
Make the Salad dressing:
- Zest the lemon first and then juice.
- Add all salad dressing ingredients in a jar and shake it like you mean it.
Make the Fennel Salad
- Cut the stalks off of the fennel and discard.
- Cut the bulb in half and slice thinly.
- Add sliced fennel, quartered tomatoes, and diced avocado into a medium bowl. Toss with dressing.
- Add salt and pepper to taste and garnish with chopped fennel leaves. Happy Eating! Beckie
Notes
- This video has added roasted sunflower seeds. I don't always use them but feel free to add them. I also use pine nuts sometimes, but mostly just it fennel salad without nuts.
- This recipe was updated in April 2026 to also use lemon zest in the lemon dressing.
- Don't want to make the dressing? Cool, use your favorite store bought salad dressing.
Things In My Kitchen:
- Mandoline for thinly slicing the fennel. Mandoline's are not for the faint of heart. Be sure to use the finger guards. This is by far my favorite mandoline.
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Fennel salad with tomatoes and avocado can easily be paired with a wide variety of recipes. It can also stand on its own and you can bring out the flavors by adding the parmesan crisps. Get creative and have fun!
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