the power of celery!

I personal hate celery, I don't like the taste or the texture just as I hate tomatoes for the same reason, but I love to cook with both and use them both for several things. But today we are going to talk about the power of celery and how to use it for full effects especially if you can't just eat it as is.

The celery juice used in my healthy smoothie inspired me to do some more digging because lets face it, the juice from the health food store, though only 5-6 bucks, only lasts a few days and at that price a lot of people don't want to buy it. So I thought to myself, what if we just chopped up the celery and used it in the smoothie? After all wouldn't you be getting even more benefits from it that way because you have all the fiber left in it? So today I threw in 1/4 cup each of dark frozen cherries, black berries and blue berries, about 1 and a half cups of orange juice (squeeze your own for an even healthier effect) I chopped just two stalks but easily could have used more and blended with my green powder which you certainly don't need to add if you can't afford the 20 plus dollars for it right now. I have to admit, I liked it a lot better than the juice! It was much less evasive in taste, I could taste the celery in it but it wasn't as syrupy tasting as the juice was and much lighter and I know I just gulped down a major dose of fiber, not to mention the tons of vitamins each ingredient held. Take the time to google the benefits of celery and see just how powerful that little stalk is. Ohh and use the leaves from it too! Don't be afraid, that is one part that I really enjoy eating and cooking with and wished deeply that stores would leave them on, no pun intended lol.