We are pleased to announce that as of March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor has been introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

Celery

llbates
llbates Posts: 25
edited September 2024 in Recipes
I hate the texture, but the low calories appeal to me, does anyone have any recipes that incorporate them, hide the texture, and is still healthy?

Replies

  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    You can put celery in almost anything. Any time you're using ground meat, finely chop your celery (or put it in a food processor) and add it in there. (I do this with carrots too.) Chop it up for tuna salad, chicken salad, egg salad, etc. If you're making a roast, cut it into kind of thick chunks and let it cook with the rest of the veggies -- the texture won't be so awful and it'll take on the flavors from the juice of the roast.
  • bbeland01
    bbeland01 Posts: 9
    You could always have it as a snack....
    Celery and the laughing cow cheese wedge so yummy.
    Or celery and almond butter
    Chop it up and put it in a salad
  • justann
    justann Posts: 276 Member
    I just had celery in my beef stew last night.
  • Amajoy
    Amajoy Posts: 140 Member
    What in particular about the texture do you not like? Celery is crisp and crunchy, usually not a texture people are weird about. What I dont like about celery is the strings of fiber, so if you are like me you can actually use a vegetable peeler (or your fingers) and peel the outter layer of stringy fibers.

    I only peel my celery if I am eating it raw in stick form, otherwise I dont bother. If its going in tuna salad or whatever I just chop it up.
  • jjeckels
    jjeckels Posts: 57
    I like to add it to Chili...
  • cutieAlysa
    cutieAlysa Posts: 8
    You can make Mulligatawny Soup google it because its soooooo healtyh and soooooooooooooo good!! It's like 85% veggies and it tastes sooooooooooooooooooo yummy I LOVE IT!!! hope it helps :)
  • bhb301
    bhb301 Posts: 338 Member
    I eat celery with laughing cow chesse wedges, or hummus
  • chiliflea
    chiliflea Posts: 695 Member
    add it to soups, salads - anything really!!
  • fitnesspirateninja
    fitnesspirateninja Posts: 667 Member
    I use it in stir fry, soups, stews, tuna salad, green leaf salads, and eat it with hummus - I like to cut up celery, carrots, and cucumbers to dip in hummus.
  • fitnesspirateninja
    fitnesspirateninja Posts: 667 Member
    Double post...I just get really excited about hummus.
  • conniefreitas
    conniefreitas Posts: 1
    I get excited about hummus toooo! Does anyone have a really great hummus recipe that I could try????
  • freerange
    freerange Posts: 1,722 Member
    I love celery, use it a lot while cooking, I love it so much I carry a stalk of it in my back pocket at all times :smile:
This discussion has been closed.

Categories