With an unmistakable flavor and numerous benefits, celery is, without a doubt, one of the gifts of nature that we always have to have on hand. I am a great friend of this humble vegetable, with tender leaves and stems.

Everything is used from celery

Everything in celery is edible, from the stem and leaves to the seeds and, depending on the season, we will find different celery, of different sizes and consistency, with whiter stems with more water or greener stems with more fiber.

The leaves are hardly used ignorance; They are used to make broth and little else. But in reality we find great potential in them thanks to their chlorophyll and aromas.

It is better raw

Celery has the ability to cleanse the body and is ideal for reduce cholesterol. It is refreshing and invigorating, while alkalizing and lowering blood sugar.

Eating it raw We will make better use of all this potential. In this article we will see what we can do with celery in our raw kitchen. I will give you many variants so that you see celery with different eyes and keep it in mind when you prepare your meal.

If you have celery in the garden and you let it flower, it will give you very delicious flowers to decorate and flavor. If you leave it longer, the seeds will appear. You can eat them as is or use them to flavor sweet and savory dishes.

If you get to this point, save some to plant in the next season.

How to use celery in raw vegan cooking

In your salads: use both the stem and the leaves, cut very thinly, with any green leaf, vegetable or even fruit (apple, orange or strawberry).

• As crudité: Make sticks and spread them on your vegetable pates.
• In pâté: You can make a celery pâté by combining it with walnuts or other nuts or seeds soaked together with lemon, salt and cumin, green leaves, ginger, lemon…
• In soups: Puree it with other vegetables to make delicious fresh soups. With spinach, avocado, lemon, cumin, olive oil, water and salt it is very good.
• Dehydrated: Cut it into small pieces, dry it until it is very crispy and grind it. You will obtain a celery powder that you can use as a substitute for salt. With dehydration, the flavor is concentrated and becomes salty, but retains its characteristic flavor. You can also use it to color, decorate, season…
• Crackers: You can make delicious dehydrated cookies with the sprouted seeds, alone or with apple. They are exquisite.