APPLE CELERY SALAD
APPLE CELERY SALAD
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Ingredients
3 tbsp fresh lemon juice (about half a lemon)
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp honey or maple syrup
4 thinly sliced celery stalks
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1/2 cup walnuts, broken into small pieces
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
2 apples, cut in half, core removed
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Salt and pepper to taste, optional
Directions
Whisk first 3 ingredients (lemon juice, olive oil, honey) in small bowl to blend. Set aside.
Trim off bottoms of each celery stalk. Thinly slice stalks straight across or on deep diagonal.
Place celery pieces in medium bowl and add walnuts and parsley.
Slice each apple in half and scoop out the core and stem end with a melon baller. Discard the core and ends. Take a sharp knife or vegetable peeler and slice a very thin slice off the bottom of the rounded side of each apple half, so that the apple half can lie open side up. Take the melon baller and scoop out enough apple flesh to create a hollow bowl. Be careful not to scoop down too far and create a whole at the bottom of the apple half. Set apple bowls aside.
Chop apple flesh into small piece and add to the bowl with celery. Add citrus vinaigrette and add salt and pepper to taste. Combine the mixture well.
Divide the mixture among the apple bowls, pressing it into place. Serve immediately or refrigerate up to 3 hours, then serve.
Tip: This recipe can easily be doubled. In place of walnuts, try almonds, pecans, brazil nuts, sunflower or pumpkin seeds. Also, cilantro would be interesting in place of parsley.