Celery

[tuffstuff]

i dont like celery at all!! But mi try puttie inna smoothie. the taste is overpoweringly disgusting, plus mi can never fully chaw it dung, Anyhow, mi a try w. it another time and put it in salads. 2 things i recently learn bout it.

2, it spose to whiten teeth, Last wk Dr, Oz touch pan dis- mi nuh always trus him info tho.

And

1, It is a negative cal food- cost more to eat it than it wort in calories! (saw that one time panwho want to be a mllionnaire).

But one negative smaddy (wah mi nuh too trus, ok is a fambly member who talk more dan dem should, on ev-a-ry-thang- we all have those), sposedly it is hi in sodium, so high BP peeps nuh pose fi indulge too much.

wat oonu tink? And for the 1st smarty who gonna come w/ the sagest of advice. I do not GOGGLE!!!

[Tulip]

Re: Celery

A base seasoning for a lot of my dishes is the holy trinity (onion, bell pepper, and celery). I add other things like garlic, scallions, and whatever but that's my base.

Now one thing about celery is that it can really overtake the flavor of a dish. I knew it was on the higher sodium end because you don't need to add any salt usually when you cook with it.

I know it is high in fiber (which is why you aren't gettng it all chewed up raw) and for some odd reason has a small amount of fat. I have not decided how to resolve that celery comes naturally with sodium and fat when it's just a veggie.

Maybe you can start off with one of the kiddie treats like ants on a log. Small slice of celery off the end of the stalk closest to the leaves (maybe 2 or 3 inches), peanut butter spread in the hollow, and a row or raisins sprinkled on top.

I have never really heard anything about health benefits of it. I consider it more of a seasoning than a true vegetable to be eaten alone. The only time I really appreciate raw celery is when I'm eating hot wings.

[MsExced]

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saute onion, garlic in olive oil add celery and steam down very yummy

[Suesumba]

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i love celery. it's the one food that actually takes more calories to consume than it has.

it's full of fiber, vitamin K and is a diuretic.

[jamaica_dreamin]

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I love raw celery in tuna or egg salad.

[johnnycakes]

Re: Celery

Always in chicken stock,with onion, raw in potato salad, tuna salad, chicken salad, plain with cream cheese. Chicken pork, fish and turkey stuffing/dressing.

[Blackstar*]

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I never used to like celery then my taste must have changed, cause now I love it.

Have you tried it cooked, tuffy? In your smoothie, put less celery like 1/2 a stalk rather than a whole one.

[evanovitch]

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raw celery dips in ranch dressing as a inbetween snack is the bomb...even in blue cheese...i love me some celery...but then i love veggies...even the stalk of broccolli i use...peel it an slice thinly an leave to marinate in a sugar n vinegar mix...serve as a salad side dish

wid celery i love to saute wid bean sprouts, onion , garlic n peppers, both hot an sweet and serve as a side dish...

[Suesumba]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">even<span style="font-weight: bold"> the stalk of broccolli</span> i use...peel it an slice thinly an leave to marinate in a sugar n vinegar mix...serve as a salad side dish
</div></div>

so that's what you do with them

[Tulip]

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So I'm the only one who thinks it's normal to eat the broccoli stalk?

[mountaingal]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tulip</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So I'm the only one who thinks it's normal to eat the broccoli stalk? </div></div>

vannie, u and me. i cut up the stalk and steam it with the florets.

[mountaingal]

Re: Celery

celery is good for juicing - has lots of liquid and softens the taste of the juice.

[twiney]

Re: Celery

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tulip</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So I'm the only one who thinks it's normal to eat the broccoli stalk? </div></div>

vannie, u and me. i cut up the stalk and steam it with the florets. </div></div>

I nah dashweh what my money buy so of course them going steam.

[tuffstuff]

Re: Celery

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tulip</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A base seasoning for a lot of my dishes is the holy trinity (onion, bell pepper, and celery). I add other things like garlic, scallions, and whatever but that's my base.

Now one thing about celery is that it can really overtake the flavor of a dish. I knew it was on the higher sodium end because you don't need to add any salt usually when you cook with it.

I know it is high in fiber (which is why you aren't gettng it all chewed up raw) and for some odd reason has a small amount of fat. I have not decided how to resolve that celery comes naturally with sodium and fat when it's just a veggie.

Maybe you can start off with one of the kiddie treats like ants on a log. Small slice of celery off the end of the stalk closest to the leaves (maybe 2 or 3 inches), peanut butter spread in the hollow, and a row or raisins sprinkled on top.

I have never really heard anything about health benefits of it. I consider it more of a seasoning than a true vegetable to be eaten alone. The only time I really appreciate raw celery is when I'm eating hot wings. </div></div>





Ok- I forgot about the New Orleans holy trininty MI ongle use garlic and onion as base for all things cooked.

[tuffstuff]

Re: Celery

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johnnycakes</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Always in chicken stock,with onion, raw in potato salad, tuna salad, chicken salad, plain with cream cheese. Chicken pork, fish and turkey stuffing/dressing. </div></div>


yeh i gonna try to put it more in soups- more digestible that way. never see nobody eat it w/ cream cheese! If i add it to tuna/chick salad, i would have to be small dice eeh. THats good to try too, thanks all.