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Cooking & Baking

LAS14

(15,501 posts) Thu Jun 22, 2023, 11:32 AM Jun 2023

What do you do with celery???? [View all]

I have five favorite recipes that use celery. I don't always want to cook them all at the same time, so I'm often left with 3/4 of a bunch of celery. I need more celery recipes. What are your favorites? Just to avoid duplication, my five are....

Stew
Gumbo
Apple celery salad
Sherried tuna on rice
Potato salad

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What do you do with celery???? [View all] LAS14 Jun 2023 OP

With Hummus. FalloutShelter Jun 2023 #1

Fill it with cream cheese and chopped green onions jpak Jun 2023 #2

We do something similar Ohio Joe Jun 2023 #27

Grape and celery salad. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2023 #3

I have the same problem and get tired of throwing out celery that I don't use in time. Arkansas Granny Jun 2023 #4

I've frozen celery for years Marthe48 Jun 2023 #29

That's good to know. I'm going to try freezing it on a cookie sheet Arkansas Granny Jun 2023 #30

Fill the center with P-Nut butter for a healthy snack. onecaliberal Jun 2023 #5

Chicken salad nt spooky3 Jun 2023 #6

Of course! Will add it to my list of go-to recipes. nt LAS14 Jun 2023 #10

I lighty cook it with onions before freezing it. SharonClark Jun 2023 #7

Will try that next. nt LAS14 Jun 2023 #11

Cream of celery soup. sinkingfeeling Jun 2023 #8

Of course. Will add to list. nt LAS14 Jun 2023 #12

Braised celery AndyS Jun 2023 #9

Interesting. I'll have to try it! nt LAS14 Jun 2023 #13

Or the no fuss way, with a little onion and beef stock Warpy Jun 2023 #22

Celery sticks with almost any kind of spread. Lonestarblue Jun 2023 #14

stores well in foil NJCher Jun 2023 #15

heading to kitchen to foil wrap the celery we just bought nt yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #26

Mirepoix. cachukis Jun 2023 #16

So many soups start with mirepoix, or a variation thereof .... eppur_se_muova Jun 2023 #17

all celery left markie Jun 2023 #18

Eat it with peanut butter Emile Jun 2023 #19

I never thought about it and these are all GREAT methods to use extra celery..nt mitch96 Jun 2023 #20

Ants on a log: Spread celery sticks with nut butter and then top with raisins. japple Jun 2023 #21

I slice or dice it and I add it to my tuna salad, garden salad, Trailrider1951 Jun 2023 #23

Celery is essential in mirepoix Retrograde Jun 2023 #24

stir fries, salad, soup, waldorf salad, stuffed with pimento cheese yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #25

I like to chop it Marthe48 Jun 2023 #28

Celery Is Not A Vegetable I Use In Gumbo! ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #31

Sorry for the late reply. I saw this post in your journal and wanted to add: yonder Aug 2023 #32

Yes! I realized after posting this that... LAS14 Aug 2023 #33

Chickpea Salad With Cumin and Celery Recipe Hortensis Aug 2023 #34