Vibrant Celery Salad with Dates & Pistachios

This is a fast and easy salad that is such a refreshing change! First time I made it as written. Last night I wanted to make it and didn’t have citrus though I have an abundance of apples… so I used a honeycrisp apple – and it was great again!

This salad is THE BEST! As a self proclaimed salad hater, I saw it in my email and decided I would try it (it was close to grocery day so there was close to nothing left in the fridge). GLORIOUS! I have made it multiple times now and it has changed my whole view of what a salad can be. I do not usually have pistachios so I have made it with cashews; I made it with cucumbers instead of celery once (excellent); and when I ran out of lemons I swapped in balsamic vinegar and it was still wild. I have used a cara cara or a navel orange all times I have made it (just cut off the peel and chopped it all up).

Fab! Served with a mixed grain + cauli rice pilaf, morrocan spiced grilled chicken + za’atar yogurt sauce. I also used toasted pepitas rather than pistachios since it’s what I had.

This is an incredible flavor combo! The pistachios are not optional, in my opinion, as they add a delicious salty crunch. I adjusted to 2 servings to try it out fresh with my husband but I could have easily eaten the entire bowl! I only used 1 jumbo-sized date, and that was sweet enough with a clementine. We used kitchen scissors to chop everything—super easy.

I’d also like to substitute raisins or dried cranberries/cherries to switch it up.

What a delight! I found this recipe through your citrus email, and goodness almighty, this salad is so fresh, so crunchy (in the best way possible), and so refreshing. I had just received a large celery bunch in my farm box, so I adjusted the serving size so I could just use the whole thing. I appreciate that feature on your website, so thank you for that, too!

What a unique salad combination. I’m always on the lookout for different combinations. Thank you!

This is one of my favorite salads! So light and refreshing!

We love this recipe! Made it for Passover last year and it’s become tradition! It’s a great salad all year-round! Thanks so much.

So good! I’ve made this three times in the past week 😋
I added some chopped kale to it tonight to get some leafy greens in and it was just as yummy! Thanks so much for sharing this awesome recipe!

Holy smokes! This salad is incredible – and super unique. In my experience. Wow! Thank yoh

Fresh, tasty, adaptable and quick to make – a great salad. I’ve made it many times and it’s always good.

I love this easy flavorful salad. I’ve made it many times often to use up the last of my celery so I’m not throwing food out. I sub whatever nuts I have on hand if no pistachios in the pantry. Once when I made this my last couple mandarins had started to go bad but I had a grapefruit to sub. (Who knew grapefruit was so easy to peel and prep!) Substitutions or not always a great salad!

This was SO tasty! It’s a great, refreshing, flavorful, crisp summer salad. I made it for some company and everyone really enjoyed it. I doubled the recipe but otherwise made no changes.

Love this, excellent way to use up celery before it goes bad! I use a regular orange, sub mint for the parsley, and sub raw cashews for the pistachios. Regular dried dates are also good when out of medjool (or even mix the two types).

super easy to make and comes together really quick. For how simple this salad is, it packs a ton of flavor!

I preferred it fresh compared to the next day but it was still delicious the next day too. I just found the flavors became pretty strong and I preferred the fresher and more mild flavors when it was made fresh. I still devoured the rest that was left.

I left out the mandarins because mine had gone dry and it was still so good. The pistachios and the dates add a flavor and texture combo that almost reminded me of something like a super mild feta?? dont know how but it worked!

I’ll be keeping this in mind for summer bbqs and am sure it will be making a regular appearance!

Made this lovely and tasty salad today – it is delicious!! Will make this again – when the celery is fresh and tasty!! Easy and fast to make and very healthy, buy pistachios at Trader Joe’s for this salad. Enjoy and thanks

Crunchy celery, bites of sweet fruit, salty pistachios, bright dressing—all my favorites! The only downside was that it was so delicious I ate it all by myself within 24 hours.

I made this and it was surprisingly delicious. Celery is not my go to vegetable and it often goes bad in my fridge. Never again because these are ingredients that I usually have so I know I will make this again and again. Thank you for this recipe!

This salad is very refreshing, and a nice side dish to have in the fridge. It is also super easy to make; I definitely recommend it if you are looking for a new easy go-to salad!

I loved this!! I was so excited when you posted this bc I’ve thrown away sooo many sad old partially used celery bunches because I didn’t have a use for the remainder. I ended up adding a can of chickpeas to make it a meal and it was just a really fresh, crunchy, tasty salad. I will definitely make it again and probably double the recipe. Would probably also be good over some greens or pearl couscous mixed in. Thank you!

The combination of flavors is perfect! Next time I definitely have to include pistachios. Thank you for this flavor enjoyment!

Took a lot of liberties with this one because I didn’t have most ingredients, was hungry and wanted the salad NOW. Recipe: 3 celery stalks (left over from MB chicken noodle soup), dates, cashews, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper. A lovely little afternoon pick-me-up.

I’ve made this twice – once for family dinner & once because I wanted some all to myself – and it is AMAZING! Thanks for a great recipe!

Great recipe! I used raisins instead of dates and added some pepitas and sunflower seeds, and I also omitted the clementines/mandarine oranges because I did not have any at home. Turned out really well! Thank you!

Loved this salad, so refreshing and the flavors worked really well together. Thank you!

Love the unusual, mediterranean inspired flavors here. I had a homemade dressing I had to use up so that was my main modification.

I also added a lot of fresh parsley to add volume and some feta at the end.

I can definitely see this being a pretty, creative alternative to a Greek salad in mediterranean dinner parties!

Wow. I saw this recipe and fell in love. I finally had time to make it today. All I have to say is that the serving size on this should say one. ;-) So delicious, I had to eat it all. Now I’ll have to make another batch so I have some to take to work tomorrow. I made it exactly as written, and it was incredibly perfect.

So tasty! I did half the amount of celery and substituted just regular lettuce to make it more of a main salad. It was so good, would definitely make again.

Loved loved this salad -so fresh & easy to make .Valda

wow! outstanding, so fresh and delicious, I had mine with some coconut yoghurt. So good, thank you

Hallo friends,
I made this salad yesterday evening and gotta tell you, it worked both as adinner and a dessert. Talking about killing two birds with one stone, ha! Honestly, I also thought it might taste unusual, but I am glad I gave it a try. I could not get enough of it! Now, I will be making it a few more times to find out when/if I shall get bored by it. Only, I needed very little oil, as mine was extra virgin and quite flavoursome, so someone might find this helpful. Thanks again!

Amazing! It was so delicious that I doubled the batch last night and already am making another double batch this afternoon… and just two people in my household! My only recommendation is to double, triple, quadruple as you see fit =)

I didn’t have celery, so I used a cucumber instead. Added some honey crisp apple too. So easy and delicious!

This was so excellent. I couldn’t stop eating it. Easy to make and so quick. I know that celery has nutricianal value, but it usely dies in the back of my refridgerator before I can think of anything.
I only had oranges and that worked.

Thanks: Made my day!