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Celery
Fun & Easy Ways to Eat
Getting Celery Ready to Eat
Celery is easy and quick to prepare. Once it’s rinsed, it’s ready to eat. To wash celery, separate the stalks and rinse thoroughly. Then trim off the leaves and base.
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It’s fun to prepare celery. You can dice or chop it, cut it into slices or diagonal strips. Simply secure a stalk of celery on a cutting board and slice it into the desired thickness. Now, you’re ready to enjoy celery’s refreshing taste.
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Celery Tastes Great Raw
Celery is crunchy, juicy and fun to munch. To eat celery raw, simply cut the stalks to the desired length just before eating. If you need to prepare celery sticks in advance, put them in ice water an hour before serving.
There’s many delicious ways you can enjoy celery when eaten raw. Besides eating celery on its own, celery tastes great when added to salads and dipped into low fat dipping sauces.
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Salads:
- Slice or dice raw celery stalks and use the leaves for added flavor and texture
- Use celery in green salads
- Add celery to chicken, turkey, ham or tuna salads
- Toss celery into potato or pasta salads
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Dips:
- Dip raw celery sticks in low fat dipping sauces.
- Make dips healthy by using low fat yogurt, milk, buttermilk, light sour cream and cream cheese
- Add spices and herbs like tarragon or thyme
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You know, eating celery is an excellent way to help you and your family on your way to 5 a Day. It’s nutritious, convenient and best of all delicious! Try some raw celery sticks for a quick and crunchy snack!
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Celery Tastes Great Cooked
Celery is also delicious when added to many cooked dishes. The stalks and leaves can be used as basic ingredients in many recipes. Any way you cook it -- stir-fry, boil, or microwave, celery is a tasty addition. Here are some delicious ways for you to enjoy celery:
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Stir-fry dishes:
- Add celery to other stir-fry vegetables like cabbage, snow peas, bok choy, carrots, mushrooms, broccoli, red bell pepper and bean sprouts.
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Soups:
- Use both celery stalks and leaves for a delicious flavor
- Add celery to chicken and turkey soup
- Add celery to lentil and split pea soup
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