Healthy Celery Date Salad

5 mins
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Finely chop the celery.
  2. 2Measure about one full cup of chopped celery.
  3. 3Add the chopped celery to a large bowl.
  4. 4Cut out the insides of the cucumbers to avoid watery salad.
  5. 5Dice the cucumbers into small pieces.
  6. 6Add the diced cucumbers to the bowl.
  7. 7Peel one apple.
  8. 8Dice the apple into small pieces, ensuring all ingredients are the same size.
  9. 9Add the diced apple to the bowl.
  10. 10Take around six pitted dates.
  11. 11Chop the dates into really small pieces.
  12. 12Add the chopped dates to the bowl.
  13. 13Squeeze the juice from half a lemon into a small bowl.
  14. 14Add shredded parmesan cheese to the lemon juice.
  15. 15Add garlic to the dressing.
  16. 16Pour good quality olive oil into the dressing.
  17. 17Add salt and pepper to the dressing as desired.
  18. 18Drizzle the dressing on top of the salad ingredients.
  19. 19Give the salad a proper mix.
  20. 20Top the salad with nuts or seeds, such as pumpkin seeds or roasted almonds.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup celery
  • 1 cup cucumber
  • 1 apple
  • 6 dates
  • nuts or seeds
  • 0.5 cup lemon
  • 2 tbsp grated parmesan
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp garlic
  • salt
  • pepper

Equipment

knifecutting boardmeasuring cuplarge bowllemon squeezergraterspoon

Tips

  • Dicing up the cucumbers and apples really small is key.
  • Make sure all the ingredients are the same size.
  • Using pitted dates makes all the difference.