Celery recipes (part 1):

There are many specialists that consider celery to be a very important agent in the growth of the sexual potency. Therefore, the arguments for the celery consumption are as strong as possible.
The simplest recipes based on celery, with an important medicinal role, are as follows:
- about 150 g celery root juice which is relatively easy to prepare cutting the celery root in the shape of fries and passing it through the fruit squeezer. This juice is drank while fresh, once a day, and can be bettered with yoghurt or honey;
- decoction or even infusion from about 2 spoons of root mixed with young branches and leaves. This is drunk like any other tea once a day. It can be made bearable through mixing it with honey or hot chocolate;
- the celery wine is an interesting and an efficient drink not only for potency or for th improvement of the appetite in general, but also for the creation of a state of general wellness. This wine is based on the normal wine, preferably white, in which a celery root is added very finely cut. It is left to macerate for 3 days. To make as good to drink as possible 5 – 6 spoons of honey are added. It is indicated that 100 – 150 g of wine should be drank per day.
Especially pleasant are the culinary preparations based on celery, which can be consumed anytime without having special need for them, or medicinal need, but simply for the fact that they are very good and very healthy.

We will present you with a few of these marvelous recipes:

1. Celery salad
Celery salad is quite a common dish. This nourishing salad is very simple to prepare. We start with washing the rhizome (root), after which we peel it with a knife like we peel the potatoes. In this manner the celery is finely grinded. After we finish doing so we mix it with mayonnaise. Pepper can be added, but also minced or crushed garlic cloves, sour cream or lemon juice. It’s decorated with black olives, salad leaves or parsley. Some even say that we can give up the mayonnaise and combine the grinded celery with sour cream, spices and a finely cut onion. It’s decorated with lettuce leaves or parsley. Attention, the grinded celery will be mixed immediately with the mayonnaise or the sour cream because otherwise it will oxidize rapidly. There is even a simpler variant of the celery salad with mayonnaise. We need more small celeries, we peel them and then hydrate them powerfully by putting them in water for about an hour. After they had enough water, they are cut finely and rubbed with a bit of salt. They are left for about a quarter of an hour for the salt to protrude them. They are mixed then with mayonnaise and mustard, salt and pepper according to taste. It is a salad with refreshing qualities and strengthening.

2. Celery salad with apples
This recipe is similar to the one above but the ingredients are more numerous.
Ingredients:
a big celery, 2 apples, a medium carrot, mayonnaise made from two yolks, about 125 g oil, mustard, lemon juice and salt according to taste.
Cooking:
The peeled apples and the peeled celery are medium or finely grinded as well as the peeled carrots. Over the mixture of celery, apples and carrots mayonnaise is poured and then it is well mixed. The mustard, pepper, salt and other spices are added according to taste. The same stands for the lemon juice. Instead of mayonnaise we can add sour cream, yogurt, cucumber sauce or even garlic. Prepared like this the salad is left for half an hour –an hour to rest in the refrigerator, after which it can be consumed.

3. Celery salad with bell peppers
This is a salad that is prepared rapidly (maximum a quarter of an hour) and creates food craving, even though it is consistent.
Ingredients:
3 medium celeries, a nice big bell pepper, a mild pepper, 50 – 60 g sour creams, and the juice from a medium lemon, spice, and salt.
Cooking:
The mild pepper is cut into cubes together with half a bell pepper. Peeled, the celery is finely grinded and mixed with the pepper and bell pepper mixture. Sour cream is added, the lemon juice and the spice (first the pepper). It is mixed well and then decorated with thin slices from the other uncut half of the bell pepper. It’s recommended that this salad is put into the freezer for an hour.

4. Boiled celery
This food is rich in celery and it is often met in Great Britain. It is not hard to prepare and moreover it is consistent.
Ingredients:
6 big celeries, an onion cut into cubes, a carrot of small dimensions – which we will also cut into small cubes, 30 g butter, and 300 ml thick meat soup, salt, pepper, green vegetables.
Cooking:
The celery is peeled and washed. It will be kept in a pan with water and salt. The 30 grams of butter are put into a wide pan, in which the onion and the carrot are cooked. After the cooking is over, the celery is added, the meat soup, the spices and the green vegetables. It covered and boiled for about an hour, an hour and a half. From time to time the mixture is mixed. This food can be served hot or cold.

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