Celery Recipes

1.  Celery-Tomato Salsa

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 clove garlic, diced
• 1 medium tomato, diced
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 small onion, diced
• 3/4 cup tomato juice
• 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour, or as needed
• salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste
• hot pepper sauce to taste

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in garlic, tomato, celery, and onion, and cook about 3 minutes, until heated through. Pour in tomato juice, bring to boil, reduce heat to medium, and continue cooking 5 minutes, or until onions and celery are tender.
2. Stir flour into the salsa to thicken. Continue cooking to desired consistency. Season with salt, pepper, and hot sauce.

2.  Stuffed Celery

Ingredients

• 1 bunch celery
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 20 small green olives
• 2 tablespoons sour cream

Directions

1. Coarsely chop the olives. Separate and wash celery stalks. Cut stalks into bite sized pieces.
2. Mix the cream cheese and sour cream together. Stir in the walnuts and chopped olives. Spread filling onto the celery pieces. It's also good on crackers.

3.  Raw Veggie Picnic Salad

Ingredients

• 6 slices bacon
• 4 cups broccoli florets
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen green peas, thawed
• 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup chopped green onions
• 1 cup seedless green grapes
• 1 cup seedless red grapes
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons grated onion
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise

Directions

1. Place bacon in a skillet over medium high-heat, and cook until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, toss together the bacon, broccoli, celery, peas, cranberries, green onions, green grapes, red grapes, and almonds. In a separate bowl, whisk together the sugar, salt, vinegar, grated onion, Parmesan cheese, and mayonnaise. Pour dressing over the salad. Gently toss to coat.