Celery Salad with Dates, Almonds, and Parmesan

Fantastic recipe. My go-to for taking to parties as it is easy and always gets rave reviews and people asking for the recipe. Have also substituted the parmesan with Feta which is also delicious. No one can believe that celery can taste this good!

• Sandra R

• Austin, Texas

• 4/19/2022

Both I and my non-salad-eating husband loved this. I made it because the components looked so weird I couldn't imagine the flavor, but it comes together beautifully.

• required_username

• Portland OR

• 4/5/2020

A delightfully crunchy and delicious recipe, will add to our collection of favorites.

• oregon_wine_gal

• Portland, OR

• 1/11/2018

I never thought a celery salad could be this delicious. We loved it. I came across the recipe by coincidence, shortly after watching the "Celery" episode on Portlandia. It featured Steve Buscemi as a celery salesman tasked with boosting the popularity of this humble vegetable. If only he had come across this recipe, it would have ensured his success!

• Anonymous

• Austin, TX

• 12/21/2014

I second, third, and fourth all the wonderful comments. I only had a little bit of celery, but a bunch of flat-leaf parsley, so threw that in ..amazing!

• izzie1

• Dalian, China

• 12/2/2014

Delicious. The whole family loved it. The parmesan was not necessary.

• magamajig

• berkeley, ca

• 6/5/2014

Such a simple salad that would be good anytime of the year, as all ingredients are widely available. Nothing objectionable to anyone that we found. I did make with dried plums. still excellent.

• bredhairedgirl

• central Iowa

• 1/26/2014

So delicious! I made it roughly according to the recipe with the exception of grated parmesan, instead of shaved because that is what was I had in the fridge. At first the thought of combining celery and dates seemed odd but it really works well to create a delicious salad. Will be making again and again.

• genxbarbie

• Bellevue, WA

• 1/21/2014

LOVED it! I served this at our annual Latke Night and it was a nice light note beside the fried food. I used one whole bunch of celery and eyeballed the rest of the ingredients. Fresh and crunchy with just the right amount of sweetness. Will make this again and again.

• jvgrossman

• Charleston, SC

• 12/2/2013

This simple salad was wonderful. Very easy and fast to put together. Would be great for a dinner party as the ingredients can be prepared ahead of time and assembled and dressed when ready to serve. Definitely do not skip the toasting of the almonds, as it is the most wonderful part. The salad truly does hit all of the senses!

• bredhairedgirl

• central iowa

• 9/22/2013

Simple, clean flavors that come together in a spectacularly easy and delicious dish. Made it exactly as given. Used a vegetable peeler to get nice shavings of parmesan cheese.

• thorunn

• Nashville, TN

• 9/18/2013

神奇的沙拉。不错的味道和质地。我不是一个fan of celery although I always have some in the refrigerator. Since there were only two of us I used 4 celery stalks and about 1/4 C almonds, but did not change the other ingredients. Have finally found a good use for celery! Will definitely make again.

• dory92064

• San Diego,,CA

• 9/14/2013

If I could grade this dish a 5-star if they would let me! Six simple ingredients create a combination that works together perfectly - and so healthy!

• Penton

• Encinitas, CA

• 9/9/2013

This is a wonderful use of many of my favorite foods in one dish. I never thought to combine them like this. I use a bit less oil, but otherwise it's perfect.

• dkolber

• Los Gatos, CA

• 9/8/2013

This salad is surprisingly simple and delicious, and I'm not even a big celery fan. The toasted almonds really made the dish. My husband thought the lemon was a little sharp (I disagree), but I was cutting the recipe and the proportions weren't exact. We'll serve this at an upcoming dinner party.

• Anonymous

• Awendaw, SC

• 9/6/2013