My Recipe For Celery Soup
This delicious celery soup recipe is easy to make, full of natural flavour and filling too! Add a splash of cream for that extra touch of luxury or have it just as it is for a healthier celery soup which is lower in calories.
When I first started making celery soup I couldn't have had an easier recipe. I simply added more chopped celery along with some stock, or milk, to a tin of condensed Celery Soup
But, that was in the days when I didn't really cook and now, the condensed celery soup seems to have disappeared from my supermarket's shelves.
These days, my recipe for celery soup is still easy, just as tasty, and even healthier because I use all fresh ingredients
Celery soup is one in my series of 'Healty Vegetarian Recipes'.
Click the links to view the other recipes.Easy, Creamy Eggplant (Aubergine)Curry ♥ Lentil Curry
Potato And Cauliflower Curry ♥ Spicy Leek And Potato Soup ♥ Celery Soup
Parsnip Soup ♥ Easy Onion Soup ♥ Curried Lentil Soup
Ingredients For The Celery Soup Recipe
What you will need to make up this healthy celery soup recipe
The ingredients you will need to make this tasty Celery Soup Recipe!
1 head of celery finely sliced
1 tbs olive oil
1 finely chopped onion
1 sprig fresh thyme
600ml vegetable stock
300ml semi skimmed milk
chopped fresh parsley or celery leaves to serve
...or Amazon UK customers can follow the link below for:
A Beautiful Bowl of Soup
When Making Celery Soup Some People Prefer To String Their Celery
To String or not to string?
Some people think that when cooking with celery it is much better if it is stringed first.
Stringing the celery is easily done with a vegetable peeler if that is what you prefer, personally I don't bother stringing my celery though.
Would you string your celery before making the celery soup?
Yes, I don't like the texture of celery if it's not stringed first.
cherielady says:
yes :)
smiley :) says:
yes
WriterJanis says:
I usually string.
LotusLandry says:
Absolutely would string it.
ellagis says:
No doubt: yes, I string it. I know because when I´m too lazy to do it, or I have to cook very quicly, I don´t do it and I regret, after.
No, it tastes perfectly fine as it is.
FreshStart7 says:
String??? That's throwing away "stalky" goodness :))
tara27oh says:
I like any vegetableIm not real picky with food.
gobbleupinfo says:
This would be a "qualified" No. It really depends on how mature (?) the celery is--if the strings are thin, I don't string it if I'm using thicker slices. If the celery has thick, tough, nasty strings...those suckers get ripped off in a heartbeat.
JoyfulReviewer says:
When celery is thinly sliced, I don't think it makes much difference. I never string my celery when I cook it.
Citly says:
I'd rather not waste my precious time stringing celery. I've found no benefit to doing so.
Did You Know That Celery Is Considered To Be A Negative Calorie Food And Can Help You Lose Weight?
Of course all foods contain calories but some foods such as celery are thought to burn more calories digesting it than the celery itself contains so the net result is negative calories.
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Instructions For Making The Celery Soup
Just follow these simple instructions to make a wonderful, healthy, celery soup
Put the oil and around 3tbs water into a large saucepan, heat then ad the celery and onion. Stir together and heat on high until sizzling. Reduce the heat and cook, covered, for around 10 minutes until the celery and onions have softened.
Add the thyme and stock, season with sea salt and freshly ground pepper then bring back to the boil and simmer (partially covered) for 15 minutes.
Either use a stick blender or a blender to blend the soup until smooth.
Stir in the milk and simmer for another 5 minutes.
Check the seasoning and serve sprinkled with the chopped parsley.
Click for a printable version of the Celery Soup Recipe
...or Amazon UK customers can follow the link below for:
Vegan Soups and Hearty Stews for All Seasons
If, Like Me, You Love Making Soup Then You Will Love This Little Stick Blender.
Why do I prefer this stick blender to a regular blender?
Simple, its far easier to clean and it doesn't have a lid that leaks and oozes soup everywhere when you use it!
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This stick blender is so easy to use and it blends soups in the same pot, which saves on cleaning up a regular blender! My previous regular blender rarely got used because I hated the clean-up operation after using it but this stick blender is easy to clean as the stainless steel shaft just goes straight in the dishwasher.
It's not only for soups though, I use it to mix my Yorkshire Pudding batter, make milkshakes and smoothies, and more.
For its price I don't think you can beat it and I certainly would go straight out and replace mine if ever it broke.,
Tips To Vary The Celery Soup Recipes
Try some of the following to vary the celery soup recipe:
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1Cream Of Celery Soup:
Add a dash of cream or creme fraiche to the soup to make a lovely, creamy celery soup. -
2Carrot And Celery Soup
Add one or two finely chopped carrots to the ingredients and cook the soup as usual adding a little more stock if needed. -
3Leek And Celery Soup
Substitute the onion for a finely chopped leek. -
4Stilton And Celery Soup
Simply crumble in a generous piece of stilton towards the end of cooking and stir until the cheese has melted into the soup. -
5Potato And Celery Soup
Add a diced potatoe to the ingredients as cook as normal, add a little extra stock if needed. -
6Spicy Celery Soup
The addition of a few chilli flakes will give the celery soup a nice, warming kick.
Celery Soup Recipes From Your Favourite Chefs
Why not try one of these celery soup recipes too
- Celery and Stilton soup with Stilton toasts - Gordon Ramsay
- Gordon Ramsay's warming soup recipe is ideal for using up Stilton after Christmas.
- Celery Soup with Blue Cheese - from Delia Smith
- Delia's recipe for Celery Soup is really good made with a creamy blue cheese like the Irish Cashel Blue, but if you can't get hold of that a blue Wensleydale would also be good.
- Cream of Celery Soup - from Delia Smith
- Celery is an underrated vegetable - make sure you eat it in the winter months when it has the best flavour and, preferably, after a frost. One of the very best soups you can make.
- Celery And Blue Cheese Soup - John Burton Race
- Celery and blue cheese soup, the official ITV home of Taste the Nation
- Celery soup by James Tanner from Ready Steady Cook
- Recipe uses 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 garlic clove, chopped, ½ red onion, chopped, 150g/5½oz celery, chopped, 200ml/7fl oz hot chicken stock, 2 slices...
- Celery and Gorgonzola soup by Ross Burden
- Recipe uses 300ml/10½fl oz hot chicken stock, 1 garlic clove, chopped, 1 banana shallot, peeled and finely chopped, 3 sticks celery, chopped,...
- Celery Root Soup with Granny Smith Apples - Tal Ronnen
- Recipe for Chef Tal Ronnen's Celery Root Soup with Granny Smith Apples from his book The Conscious Cook.
Serve Your Celery Soup In Stylish Soup Bowls
What Others Have To Say About Celery Soup
- Sleepy Hollow's Cauliflower Soup
- Cook until barely tender. Drain and saute with diced celery, onion and garlic in half the butter until onion is transparent. 2. In same soup kettle or stock pot add chicken stock and cream. Stir over medium heat until hot. Add parsley and dill. 3.
- Let's Talk Food: Pepper pot soup - hot stuff not just a lot of tripe
- By DORIS REYNOLDS During the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, Washington ordered the cooks to brew up plenty of pepper pot soup. Sated with the hot, nourishing and spicy brew the troops were inspired to defeat the English. It's very likely that this ...
- Learning new soup-making tips
- The stems can be chopped and added to the mirepoix (the fancy French term for onions, carrots and celery) to boost flavor and fiber content of the soup. I picked up a few other tips at that class and while some of these may sound obvious, ...
- Don't chuck the celery ... make some tasty soup
- Any other time, I wouldn't give a second glance to a recipe for celery soup. I use celery when I make a pot of stock, and sometimes I add it to salads and slaws. It goes into mirepoix to use as a flavorful base for sauces, soups and stews.
Celery Nutritional Value
Is celery good for you?
There are less than 10 calories in a medium stick of celery!
Celery is an excellent source of Vitamin C
Weight Watchers points in celery are ZERO
Unlike other foods, celery does not lose most of its nutritional value when cooked.
More Celery Recipes For You To Try
- Sweet Potato and Celery Soup » Israeli Kitchen
- I appreciate an easy, tasty soup like this Sweet Potato and Celery soup.
- Celery recipes From Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
- It's hardly one of the most popular vegetables, and is usually sidelined as a support act in stews and the like. Well, it's high time celery was given the starring role it deserves
- Creamy Celery Gratin
- Cooked slowly, celery makes a wonderful wintry side dish, or as a light supper on its own with good crusty bread.
- Quick-Braised Celery from Delia Online
- Celery has such a lot going for it as a raw ingredient in salads, and because of that we rather forget how good it is cooked and served as a vegetable. This method is delightfully quick and easy, and tastes just wonderful.
Why Not Try Some More Of These Tasty Vegetarian Soups From Other Lensmasters.
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tara27oh
May 22, 2012 @ 7:00 pm | delete
- Iteresting lens,I like to search for new recipes.. :)
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rnhealthinfo
May 6, 2012 @ 2:05 pm | delete
- This is one recipe I've never tried but, would love to - sounds delish! I've added this to my Good Soup Recipes articles. xo
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RinchenChodron
May 1, 2012 @ 3:43 pm | delete
- I'm making some right now! Thanks
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moonlitta
Mar 25, 2012 @ 2:34 am | delete
- Sounds delicious- and all those variations!
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SocialNetMediaToday
Feb 23, 2012 @ 4:55 pm | delete
- Great Job! I am indeed a soup lover.
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2wice
Feb 22, 2012 @ 10:23 pm | delete
- celery soup is one of my favorite soups, especially during the winter months.
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top_10
Feb 17, 2012 @ 2:12 pm | delete
- i actually really love celery soup. yum
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razeitup
Feb 15, 2012 @ 7:33 pm | delete
- yummy and interesting great lens
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KjRocker
Feb 14, 2012 @ 11:47 am | delete
- thanks for sharing this recipe for a person like me who is learning cooking that is a great help :)
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TiAnDeMartines
Jan 30, 2012 @ 10:47 am | delete
- This recipe looks yummy and simple. I look forward to trying it, thanks for sharing!
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LittleTwoTwo
Jan 26, 2012 @ 2:14 am | delete
- Finally can give up canned celery soup ... Love it, but havent had a clue how to make it at home
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JoyfulReviewer
Jan 25, 2012 @ 5:59 pm | delete
- I love celery soup ... I make mine with chicken broth. Sometimes I add shredded chicken breast and rice.
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TheHealthCabin
Jan 24, 2012 @ 8:07 am | delete
- Soup is such feel good food! The opportunities are endless. Great lens, Thank you.
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flycatcher
Dec 12, 2011 @ 12:04 pm | delete
- Great lens! I've always felt that celery was an underappreciated vegetable.
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augustview
Dec 6, 2011 @ 9:26 am | delete
- I have never even considered making celery soup, but definitely going to give it a try now!
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