How to cook celery root and stalk

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

The value of celery root and stalk is known to all: rare amino acids, carotene, asparagine, tyrosine, trace elements, essential oils, vitamins K, A, E, B-group vitamins, ascorbic acid, protein and many other useful and essential substances. The unique substance apiol gives celery its piquant taste and aroma.

The benefits of celery are endless. Not only a stalk of celery, but also a root and greens:

• slow down aging;
• purify the blood and vessels;
• stimulate appetite;
• support cell function;
• normalize water-s alt balance;
• maintain normal sugar levels;
• regulate the functioning of the kidneys and liver;
• strengthen sexual function;
• cure allergies;
• calm the nervous system.

You can cook anything with celery: a stalk of celery and curly greens are great in salads, and a he althy soup can be made from the root.

From a stalk of celery you can makelight, he althy salads:

Green Freshness

Green apple, cucumber and celery stalk cut into cubes, pick green salad and put in a bowl with vegetables. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon into the salad, mix, add olive oil and a little pine nuts. Instead of olive oil, you can use a sauce of light mayonnaise and sweet mustard for a spicier taste.

This salad can be easily turned into juice: we run all fruits and vegetables through a juicer and drink before eating - excellent digestion is guaranteed!

Vitaminka

Cut the celery, kohlrabi cabbage, sweet apple and raw carrot into thin strips. Soak raisins in warm water for 20 minutes, rinse well, add to vegetables. Mix olive oil with liquid honey, dress the salad and sprinkle with pine nuts or walnuts.

Chicken Joy

Cut boiled chicken meat, celery stalk and canned pineapple into large cubes, grate durum cheese. Put in a salad bowl in layers: chicken, grated cheese, pineapple, celery. Mix sour cream or mayonnaise with boiled yolks and a spoonful of sweet mustard, coat each layer with sauce. Finely chop the parsley, dill and celery greens and decorate the salad.

What can be cooked from celery root? Anything: grated celery root can be added to stews, to your favorite soups, to gravy, to salads - the fantasy of housewives is endless!

Creamysoup

You can cook soup on water, and on any low-fat meat broth. Cut into cubes 1 sweet onion and fry together with two cloves of garlic until golden brown in butter. Cut four small potatoes and one celery root into cubes, dip into boiling broth or water, add the frying, and cook until the potatoes are ready. A few minutes before turning off the soup, add spices to taste. Bring the finished soup in a blender to a puree state, pour into a saucepan, add half a glass of heavy cream and, stirring, bring to a boil. When serving, decorate with any greenery.

And, finally, the Man's salad

Grate the celery root on a coarse grater, cut the boiled tongue and pickles into large strips, add finely chopped greens, and season with low-fat or homemade mayonnaise.