Happy Spring from my new favorite chopped salad. This Celery Salad is loaded with celery (obviously), tons of avocados, feta, chickpeas, a touch of lettuce and the most delightful lemon dill dijon dressing that you'll want to stockpile for all sorts of other vegetables.
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Why I Love This Recipe
I think I was semi-late to the celery game. I know so many of my friends ate stalks with peanut butter when they were kids, but seeing as how I wasn't a fan of Peanut Butter until 2-3 years ago, I missed the boat there. I'm making up for it in my adult life though because celery is EXCELLENT in a salad. That perfect crunchy bite with an incredibly distinctive taste. Alone, it's fine. But with a savory dressing, some salty feta and some creamy avocado... game over. This celery salad is about to be your new favorite side salad for all things spring. I serve it up next some a side of broiled salmon last week... actual perfection.
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Romaine Lettuce
- Persian Cucumbers
- Celery
- Chickpeas
- Feta
- Avocado
- Dill
- Lemon
- Garlic
- Shallot
- Dijon - this is my current favorite brand - it's readily available at most stores.
- Red Wine Vinegar
- Olive Oil
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
How to Make
Prep all your vegetables for this Celery Salad and transfer them to a large bowl.
Make the dressing: in a blender add the dill, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic cloves, chopped shallots, dijon, red wine vinegar and the extra virgin olive oil. Season well with kosher salt and cracked black pepper and blend until smooth. Adjust salt and pepper as needed and set aside.D
Drizzle the dressing on top of the Celery Salad and toss right before serving. Adjust salt and pepper as needed.
Tips & Tricks
All of the veggies here (minus the avocado) can be prepped ahead of time! So if you're looking to meal prep this for take-to-work lunches, feel free! Keep the dressing and avocado separate until right before and then you're in business.
FAQ's
Yes, absolutely celery can be eaten raw in salad. Just make sure to give it a great wash before slicing it up.
Yes, you can use the entire celery stalk. Trim the very bottom at the bulb and then use the rest! You can even use the celery leaves.
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Celery Salad
Ingredients
- 1 head romaine lettuce finely sliced
- 2 whole persian cucumbers cut into a small dice
- 1 bunch celery cut into a small dice
- 15 ounces canned chickpeas rinsed and drained
- ½ cup feta cheese crumbled
- 2 ripe avocados diced
For the Dressing
- 1 cup fresh dill
- 1 lemon zested and juiced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 small shallot
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 cups olive oil
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Prep all your vegetables and transfer them to a large bowl.
- Make the dressing: in a blender add the dill, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic cloves, chopped shallots, dijon, red wine vinegar and the extra virgin olive oil. Season well with kosher salt and cracked black pepper and blend until smooth. Adjust salt and pepper as needed and set aside.
- Drizzle the dressing on top of the veggies and toss right before serving.
Big hit at dinner party. Topped with grilled chicken and it was a feast. I had leftover dressing which I will be enjoying!
Loved this salad delicious, eating as a mains now!
Excellent! It was a hit with our Easter dinner! I used less olive oil in the dressing.
Wow, this is so good! My 16 year old son was a little skeptical because of the dill, but called it a “top tier salad” and even went back for seconds!
omg an honor!!
Looking to make this and would like to add nuts! What would you recommend? Thanks!
totally! I'm not a nut person in my salad but I'd do pistachios!
This salad is DELICIOUS! The crunch from the celery, the creamy avocado. The dill. It’s all SO good together! I’ll definitely be making this all Spring and Summer!
Love the crunch that celery will provide! Another delicious salad by WGC!!
Hi Gaby,
I've always been confused by the definition of "one shallot". Maybe, could you put an amount of diced, like 2 TBS, or 1/4c. But, if you can't make that work, please specify whether you mean one whole bulb or one clove? The amounts can be radically different either way!
Thanks
2-3 tbsp!!