Celery (celeriac family) is a crunchy green vegetable commonly used in salads, soups, and snacks.
🥬 What it is
- A stalk vegetable (scientific name: Apium graveolens)
- Related to parsley, carrots, and fennel
- Mostly water (~95%), low in calories
🌱 Parts you can eat
- Stalks – most common (crunchy, slightly salty taste)
- Leaves – flavorful, good in soups or as garnish
- Seeds – used as spice (celery seed)
- Root (celeriac) – eaten as a root vegetable
💪 Nutrition benefits
- Very low calorie
- Contains fiber
- Vitamin K
- Some vitamin C and potassium
- Hydrating
🍽 Common uses
- Raw with dips (like peanut butter or hummus)
- In salads (e.g., tuna, chicken, potato salad)
- Soups and stews
- Mirepoix base (celery + onion + carrot)
If you meant Celery (the programming framework) instead of the vegetable, let me know 😊
