Does anyone have any (healthy) recipes for using up an overload of celery before it goes bad? Or any ideas how I can freeze it to use later? (Does it even freeze that well?)

I'm having one of those mental blocks where I can only think of 3 ways to use it: chicken/tuna salad, soup/stock, and just eating it plain. Thanks in advance!

I don't know if you ever stir fry food, but celery works great chopped up and stir fried with pork or chicken. :)

I have to admit though, I typically buy celery for this purpose, use it once, and then forget about it until the rest goes bad. Whoops.

I have a bag in the freezer that I put extra celery, carrots, onions, and other veggies that work well in soups. When I make chicken broth I throw the freezer veggies into the pot.

Ants on a log? (peanut butter with raisins)

I've used this braised celery recipe to use up leftover celery.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/braised...e7=Home%20Page

I also keep my extra celery in the freezer and use it for meatloaf...

Eat 3 stalks a day plain and you'll probably lose weight.

Add to a lettuce salad and it makes it heartier.

Add to omelets.

Garnish anything: egg rolls, sandwich, any meal. Slice into thin strips.

Slice into chips with kidney beans and green onions and maybe a little dressing.

Waldorf salad: add apple and walnuts with a small amount of sweet dressing (lite mayo or yogurt and sweetener)

Add to a quesadilla.

Add to a breakfast burrito.

Slice into chips and munch on it in front of the TV. For times when your mouth wants to eat but your stomach doesn't care what it is.

Originally Posted by coconutsboston

Does anyone have any (healthy) recipes for using up an overload of celery before it goes bad? Or any ideas how I can freeze it to use later? (Does it even freeze that well?) I'm having one of those mental blocks where I can only think of 3 ways to use it: chicken/tuna salad, soup/stock, and just eating it plain. Thanks in advance!

I sometimes make a soup similar to this, which uses a pound of celery:

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/t...riac-soup.html

Mine doesn't take three hours, though!! I tend to just simmer it until the celeriac is soft, and haven't noticed any problems with flavour.

Oh - I also use leek instead of the onion - I find it gives a more subtle flavour.

i juice it with green apple. 2 stalks of celery + 1 green apple is enough to make 1 glass of juice.

Slice it super thin, throw in some shrimp and get some cocktail sauce. I do that all the time and it's soooo good and healthy too. Or just use lemon juice and a hit of Tabasco.

Thanks for all of the suggestions! I'm probably going to use every single one because I have THAT MUCH excess, LOL. I think my eyes outdid my brain at CostCo!