Recipes with celery

Stick to proper nutrition- this does not mean depriving yourself of all the “goodies” and eating monotonous food. Today you can find a lot on the Internet interesting recipes, which will not only satisfy the taste preferences of every person, but will also saturate the body with vitamins and bring maximum benefits to your health. Today we will talk about celery, which has gained great popularity among those losing weight. However, its beneficial and taste qualities deserve more attention. 

What can you cook from celery?

Celery helps improve immunity, strengthen blood vessels and heart muscle, normalize cholesterol levels, restore water and alkaline balance in the body. And the B vitamins contained in the vegetable in large quantities make up for the lack of these microelements at any time of the year. In addition, this product is one of the strongest aphrodisiacs.

Therefore, you should not immediately turn away from this vegetable, because you can prepare many tasty and interesting dishes from it. It is suitable for both cooking various salads, and for baking, stewing or boiling. Many housewives add it to soups and main courses as a seasoning.

On store shelves you can find stems, leaves or celery root. Moreover, you can use all its parts in the kitchen.

The stems are often consumed raw, adding them to salads, main courses, or preparing freshly squeezed juice. The leaves are suitable for salad, but the roots are added to first courses, or simply baked.

Here are some simple but very tasty dishes.

Casserole with cheese and celery

• 1 kg pumpkin;
• 3 stalks of celery;
• 1 onion;
• 2 small carrots;
• 180 g hard cheese;
• 1 piece of bell pepper;
• 2 tablespoons each of sour cream and soy sauce;
• spices to taste.

Preparation:

1. Chop celery, carrots, pumpkin, onions and peppers and simmer.
2. Add sour cream, sauce, salt and pepper.
3. Place the mixture in a baking dish and sprinkle with grated cheese.
4. Bake for about 30 minutes.

The dish is ready!

Omelette with celery

• 2-3 stalks of celery;
• a little butter;
• 3 testicles;
• spices as desired and to taste;
• 2/3 tbsp. milk.

Preparation:

1. Cut the stems into very long, but fairly thin strips.
2. Put them out.
3. Beat the eggs with milk and fry until half cooked.
4. Place celery in the middle and cover it with the sides of the omelette.
5. Fry a little more and you are ready to serve.

Celery smoothie

• 1 apple;
• 1 carrot;
• 3 stalks of celery.

Preparation:

Peel all ingredients, chop and blend in a blender. For an even richer taste, add a little honey. The healthy drink is ready to drink.

Soups with celery

Celery soup is a great summer dish. Even a novice housewife can prepare this light, aromatic and delicious dish. If desired, the roots can be added to any first dish as a seasoning.

And now we will provide detailed recipes for making soups with this wonderful ingredient.

Cream soup

• 5-6 stalks of celery;
• 2-3 medium potatoes;
• 300 ml low-fat cream;
• 1 egg;
• some white bread (for croutons);
• a spoonful of butter;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• juice from one slice of lemon.

Preparation:

1. Stew chopped with butter on small slices celery.
2. Boil the potatoes.
3. Combine and grind all ingredients in a blender.
4. Add cream, add salt and pepper.
5. Boil everything.
6. Brush each piece of sliced ​​bread prepared for croutons with beaten egg.
7. Fry the croutons in the oven and add to the finished soup.

And now we will give you a recipe for soup that helps you lose extra pounds; in addition, it is extremely tasty and aromatic.

Soup for weight loss

• 250 g celery roots;
• 5-6 carrots, onions, tomatoes;
• 2 sweet peppers;
• a small fork of cabbage;
• 450 g asparagus;
• 2 l. tomato juice.

Preparation:

• Peel all vegetables and chop finely.
• Pour tomato juice over everything and bring to a boil. Make sure that all the vegetables are covered with juice; if there is not enough juice, add water.
• Boil everything together for 10-15 minutes. Then close the lid tightly and let it brew for another 20 minutes.

The soup is ready!

Salads with celery

You can make many salads with celery. Here several the most loved ones many combinations that can be used when cutting lettuce:

• celery and hard cheese in a 1:1 ratio, add olive oil;
• celery and cucumbers equal quantities, in roles add dressing olive oil and avocado;
• celery with carrots in a 1:1 ratio, do not forget to add herbs and vegetable oil diluted with lemon juice.

Now we will give several detailed recipes for delicious and healthy salads.

Grape-celery salad

• 3 stalks of celery;
• 1 small onion;
• 2 tbsp. l. white wine, olive oil, juice lemon;
• 1/3 tbsp. grapes, preferably green;
• 1 ½ tsp. mustard, any honey and walnuts;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

1. Cut the celery into slices and sprinkle with lemon juice.
2. Cut the onion into rings.
3. Divide the grapes into two parts.
4. Fry the nuts in oil and chop them lightly.
5. Prepare a sauce of honey, wine and mustard.
6. Combine all ingredients, pour sauce, add salt and pepper.

Healthy salad

• 3-4 stalks of celery;
• 2 tomatoes;
• 2 apples;
• 2 tablespoons each of lemon juice and olive oil;
• 1 onion;
• a little sugar, salt and pepper.

Preparation:

1. Chop all the ingredients.
2. Celery slightly fry.
3. Prepare  sauce, connecting sugar, lemon juice  and salt.
4. Combine all the ingredients and pour the sauce over everything.

The salad is ready!

The following salad not only has a bright, refined taste, but also contains a minimum of calories, so it is healthy and affordable even for those who limit their diet.

Diet salad

• 350 g boiled chicken;
• 50 g peanuts;
• 1 grapefruit and 1 stalk of celery;
• 130 g sour cream;
• juice of 0.5 lemon, salt and pepper.

Preparation:

1. Peel all ingredients and chop finely.
2. Remove the seeds from the grapefruit.
3. Mix all the ingredients and pour sour cream over everything.

The salad is ready!

Today we have provided many healthy celery recipes. As you can see, eating right is not difficult and you can prepare quite tasty and delicious dishes.