Use it up · Vegetables

Celery

Have extra celery? Here’s how to choose, store and prep celery, plus 28 family recipes to use it all up, best matches first.

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🛒 Choosing it

Choose crisp, tight bunches with fresh-looking leaves.

🧊 Storing it

Fridge: 1 to 2 weeks, wrapped
Freezer: 10 to 12 months for cooking (it goes soft)

Keep the fridge at 40°F or below and the freezer at 0°F. Freezer times are for best quality; food kept frozen at 0°F stays safe. When in doubt, throw it out. Times from Rutgers Cooperative Extension.

🔪 Prepping it

Rinse between the stalks. Dice with onion and carrot as a base for soups and stews; use the leaves too.

🥣 Make it from scratch

Homemade staples that use celery:

Chicken stock Beef stock Vegetable stock

📊 Nutrition per 100 g

Celery. 100 g is about 3 1/2 ounces.

Calories	14 kcal	1%
Protein	0.7 g	1%
Total fat	0.2 g	0%
Saturated fat	0.0 g	0%
Total carbohydrate	3.0 g	1%
Dietary fiber	1.6 g	6%
Total sugars	1.3 g
Sodium	80 mg	3%
Calcium	40 mg	3%
Iron	0.2 mg	1%
Potassium	260 mg	6%

% Daily Value for adults (FDA). From USDA FoodData Central 169988 (SR Legacy).

🍽 Recipes that use it up

28 recipes, the ones that use the most celery first.

Plan them into your week in the meal planner, or find recipes for two or three things at once with the “What can I make?” picker.

Storage times and buying tips are general guides from the sources below; follow any date or instructions on the package. Cook meat, poultry, fish and eggs to the USDA safe temperatures in each recipe.