leftover celery

[albalass]

I had to buy a bunch of celery for a recipe but only needed one stalk. What can I do with the rest? I hate it raw.

[monty0703]

I hate celery celery in general but I like celery soup. Maybe give that a go?

[Sachs]

http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/recipeboo k/index.php?option=com_rapidrecipe&page=viewre cipe&recipe_id=357&Itemid=28 ( You can freeze it! )

[swanko]

i hate celery,yuck
it goes all slimy in a soup, just feed it to the dust bin,

sorry not very helpful :)

[Sachs]

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf94390659.tip.html

[Clanad]

Adds just the right amount of crunch to a three egg omelet... along with onions and maybe some cubed ham...

[ethandron]

chop it finely and add some to a big bowl of salad, chilli or spag bol. cut into 3-4 inch lengths and braise it with an oxo cube added to the water.

[crisgal]

we have it as a veg very often as the kids love it.
Steamed it goes well with fish especially mackerel.
Add a little cream and black pepper once cooked - delish!

I always fry celery with onions and carrots when starting any stock, soup, casserole or sauce - such as bolognese or ragu.
I think it's one of the most versatile of veggies.

[Donquixote]

I agree with Crisgal, celery is wonderful as a vegetable accompaniment, especially to fish.

Try slicing it into 1/4" pieces, sauteeing in a little butter, then adding a little vegetable or chicken stock. It produces a lovely savoury, yet fresh flavour that goes well with pork.

Also, it marries particularly well with spices. Try sauteeing until transluscent, along with a few cumin seeds, or carraway, or fennel seeds. It's particularly nice done this way with peeled, deseeded and sliced cucumber too - just sweat the cucumber and celery together in a little olive oil with cumin seeds, fennel seeds, and finished with a little chopped dill. It's excellent with white fish.

[crisgal]

ooh, donquixote, you've got me drooling for the second time today!
I've never thought of fennel seeds with celery! I always cook my pork chops with them as they go together so well and i can see how they would go with celery as their sort of the same family aren't they?
I think we'll have to have celery with fennel seeds alongside the belly pork!

[Donquixote]

Hahaha! Glad to be of assistance!

ENJOY!!!

[jeanette1976]

I love it in a spicy stir fry... x