"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> So what are your favorite salad greens? Costco sells some baby lettuces
>> that I love. But you have to buy so many in a package that we can never
>> finish them. Actually Angela won't eat them. But I can get her to eat
>> Romaine.
>
> I've been fixing a version of Ina Garten's recipe lately. For some reason
> I'm craving celery, and just add what I want to it, but this is her
> recipe. I make as little or as much as I want. Sometimes adding a bit of
> lettuce or a tomato since my tomatoes are ripening in this awful heat. :-)
>
> 1/2 cup good olive oil
>
> 2 tsp grated lemon zest
>
> 1/4 cup plus 1 tbs freshly squeezed lemon juice (3 lemons)
>
> 2 tbs minced shallots
>
> 1 tsp celery seed
>
> 1/2 tsp celery salt
>
> Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
>
> 5 cups thinly sliced celery stalks, tender leaves included, sliced on an
> angle with a sharp knife or mandoline (12 stalks, or 1 head of celery)
>
> 4-ounce chunk aged Parmesan-Reggiano cheese (I cut extra slices to share
> in separate dish)
>
> 2/3 cup toasted walnuts or almonds, coarsely chopped
>
> Whole flat-leaf parsley leaves
>
> Directions:
>
> At least an hour before you serve, whisk together the olive oil, lemon
> zest, 1/4 cup of lemon juice, the shallots, celery seed, celery salt, 2
> tsp salt, and 1 tsp pepper.
>
> Place the thinly sliced celery in a mixing bowl and toss it with the
> remaining 1 tbs of lemon juice and 1/2 tsp of salt.
> Add enough dressing to moisten well.
>
> Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour to allow the celery to crisp
> and the flavors to develop.
>
> When ready to serve, arrange the celery on a platter, shave the Parmesan
> onto the celery with a vegetable peeler, then sprinkle with chopped
> walnuts, parsley leaves, salt and pepper and serve immediately.

Thanks! I would have to make this without the parmesan for me and without
the nuts for Angela but I think it is something we would both eat. Not sure
when I can make it though since I have no shallots and not sure I could get
those at Target or Costco.