February 17, 2025

Celery Salad

dani@slyrooster.com Salads celery, lemon juice, pantry staple, viral recipe 5 Comments

I AM OBSESSED! Like completely and totally obsessed and I swear that it is not because my first bite was after arriving home at 7:30pm after a 12-hour travel day from Hailey, Idaho (where we dropped in on Kyle who is adulting with flair, in and around Sun Valley). Gary and I were tired and hungry so I preheated the oven and pulled my last Rao’s Eggplant Parmesan from the freezer–Costco, please bring them back! I opened our bare fridge in search of a vegetable and found what most of us would discover after travel, carrots and celery. It was then that I remembered that I had saved a Celery Salad recipe on Instagram and bam! we had ourselves a dinner.

This Celery Salad recipe comes from The Four Horsemen in Brooklyn by way of Natalie Chassay, who shared it, along with her love of lemon, olive oil and Parmesan, in a video that caught my eye. “Celery, shallot, dates, walnuts, lemon juice, olive oil , salt and parmesan” was what I was told and I took it from there. If I tell you that the combination was magic and the big bowl was devoured, I hope that is enough to motivate you to try this recipe TODAY. If you need more encouragement I will tell you that I generally only use celery in tuna salad and soups (the holy trinity of sautéed onion, carrot and celery). I’ve never once considered celery to be the star of the show. I avoid celery sticks on a crudite platter and was never tempted by the “ants on a log” that I served to my children when they were young.

But this salad! The celery somehow manages to soften slightly and remain crisp, and when combined with bright lemon, salty cheese, sweet date, savory shallot and meaty walnuts magic happens. I winged the recipe with the listed ingredients and loose directions so feel free to do the same. If you are looking for more instruction, follow below. But whatever you do, PLEASE MAKE THIS SALAD. Enjoy!