🥬 Celery

Apium graveolens

A crunchy vegetable with long, pale green stalks that grow up in a bunch.

Long, ribbed green stalks joined at the bottom, with leafy tops like little bushes.

Fresh, watery, and very crunchy, with a light savory flavor.

Mostly water, with fiber and vitamins, and it is a light, refreshing snack.

Eaten raw as sticks with dip, chopped into salads, or cooked into soups and stews.

Grows in bunches close to the ground, with the stalks standing up tall and packed together.

Grows in cool weather and is easy to find fresh in fall and winter.

Celery was first grown near the Mediterranean Sea, where people once used it as a medicine before eating it as food.

Celery is so watery and crunchy that eating it can use up almost as much energy as it gives you.

Spread peanut butter along a celery stick and add a few raisins for a fun snack.