Fennel or Foeniculum vulgare

Fennel and butterflies

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Fennel seeds

Fennel tea

Tea from fennel seads has a soft anise taste .It is produces by
half a teaspoon of fennel seeds put in boiling water for some
minutes. It's been used traditionally to boost mothers' milk
production and promote menstruation. But it also give a baby
relieve if it has bowel colics. Fennel seads contain a substance
that has the properties of oestrogen, so pregnant women
should avoid larger amounts of this herb.

Recipe with Fennel

Traditional fennel is used as a vegetable in soups, often
together with fish.

A basis recipe for fennelsoup:
2 liter soup, 4 persons:
2 fennel bulbs (chopped)
1 large carrot (chopped)
clove garlic (crushed)
Boil the fennel and carrot and garlic for two hours in
2 liter of water.
add (optional)and boil for 10 minutes:
2 potato's (chpped) or 2 spoons of floor or
fish, like kabeljauw .
serve with chopped chive.