Celery is a bit marmite. Love is too strong a word for celery, but you either like it or hate it. But this undervalued vegetable is such an essential base for so many recipes - and it can be the star of the show sometimes. Often the celery we source from our local growers has a lot more leaves than you're probably used to, so we've included recipes here that incorporate the leaves as well as the stalks. You can treat the leaves much like a herb, like parsley, cook it into a stew or sauce or sprinkle as garnish.
Main dishes
Celery and potato gnocchi with herb sauce
Braised celery with onions, tomato and pancetta
Snacks and dips
Crudités – of just spread peanut butter on a celery stick. Best. Snack. Ever
Soup
Celery juice
Celery juice has been one of 2019’s biggest food trends (at least on Instagram). Juice the whole thing – it will make about one pint glass. The health benefits of celery juice are seemingly endless, and life changing, but in short, it’s very alkalising and makes a great hangover cure.
Salads
Celery, blue cheese and hazelnut salad
