Ok so being always on a budget, at the mo veges are a bit pricey, even in Aldi. However at the moment celery is a bargin, $1.50 for a massive bunch. So apart from putting it in salads and the occasional stew (even though its not really stew weather!), I am at a bit of a loss as to how to make good use of it.

Anyone any ideas!!!

Paula

For kids, I've seen the end of celery cut up into thin strips to resemble a paint brush, and then dips (in various colours) to look like paint.

Not so useful, if you are above, say 4......

Juice it, with cucumber, carrot, apples, etc....

Other than that, go out into the street and start pointing sticks of celery at people and pouting at them with a crazed look in your eye, while doing a silly walk.
This will result in you being sectioned and sent to a nice hospital somewhere, where they will serve decent food....

take each piece, clean then cut into strips lengthways. Take the strips and then cut them across 'til you have fairly finely cut celery and then season.
Take the chopping board and with a scraping motion, use the back of the knife to scrape the nasty stuff into the bin and to finish, eat some proper food

Celery is merely a transport system for other foods.

Peanut butter down the middle... or tuna mayo... Anything salty will do it.

If you eat a lot of it, your tongue will numb up.

Chop it up. Feed it to the chooks. Eat the chooks.

I had a tip to chop it up and freeze it. You can then add it to stews, soups and bolognaise type sauces. It doesnt matter that its squishy when its defrosted because it would be after cooking anyway. I now do this with carrots etc too. I just chop up all my leftover when they are looking abit poorly and pop them in the freezer. Then when I am cooking, it saves me ages cause I dont need to chop anything

OMG I am turning into my mother

Celery soup works well and uses up the stalk and leaves. Chop up an onion, stock, lots of black pepper and cream (or low fat alterantive) and hey presto! easy, healthy and tasty.

You could use it as miniature guttering to drain a Bonsai garden.

Thats a good tip, ta!

Look I know its a bit of a crappy vegetable, but i feel compelled to find a good use for it, other than smothering it with very fattening dips, not good for the waistline. Especially when its $1.50 a bunch and broc and cauli are about $4 ea.

Chelsea fans have ideas about what to do with celery:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaToM-5PsUI

Warning - it has rude words and is not suitable for work.

Otherwise, celery soup is very nice or use it as a base for stews, stocks, ragu etc.

Carefully arranged celery around your washing-up bowl will make a nice water adventure park for mice.

The best thing I can think of for celery is to use it in a caeser cocktail however, I dont think you can get all the stuff to make it in oz.
It's vodka, clamato drink (mott's brand tomato juice with clam broth), lemon juice around the top of the glass then dipped into celery salt, top off with a stick of celery heart.
Yummy drink.......
Canadian I think............