Celery root for weight loss: recipes and tips

Why do we highly recommend celery?

If we talk exclusively about losing weight, then its main advantage is its catastrophically low calorie content. Per hundred grams of product this figure is only 18 kcal! In addition, there is an opinion that this vegetable belongs to the category of “negative” - that is, you spend more calories on assimilation than are contained in the product itself. So you can even afford a bucket of salad or mashed potatoes - there will definitely be no harm to your waistline, only benefits and overall health!

It also improves well-being and increases stamina. After eating just a few spoons of this miracle vegetable, you will feel a surge of strength and will flutter all day like a butterfly.

And before training, celery will act on you like spinach on Popeye the sailor - even the heaviest loads will not matter to you. And most importantly - without a feeling of heaviness in the stomach and extra calories.

We can talk about the beneficial properties for a very long time: magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, calcium, iron, potassium, vitamins C and B - the beneficial vitamins and minerals are simply off the charts! It is enough to eat one root or stem - and there is no need to take expensive multivitamin complexes.

Oven baking recipe

The dish can be an independent side dish. Celery tastes somewhat like potatoes, but with a sharper taste.

Ingredients:

celery root – 650 g;
spices;
water – 110 ml;
salt;
olive oil – 3 tbsp. spoons.

Preparation:

Cut the root into cubes. Size approximately 2x2 cm. Place in pan.
Pour in olive oil and stir. Each piece should be completely covered in oil.
Salt and sprinkle with spices. Mix. Pour in water.
Place in a preheated oven. 180 degree mode. There is no need to cover the form with anything. Leave for half an hour. Then check readiness with a fork. The root should become soft.

Methods of use

You can use and cook it in a variety of ways: stew, boil, raw or baked - choose to your taste.

Video: “Celery - how to choose, how to cook, how to store”

The juicy and fibrous roots are best baked in the oven with aromatic herbs, or boiled and ground into a tasty puree. The leaves will enrich the salad and serve as herbs to decorate dishes. But the stems can be used to make juice, soup, and also raw. You can find seeds on sale - you can sprinkle them on salads and meat.

In general, it is very unfair to eat celery only during a diet. Agree, such a unique vegetable deserves more attention and respect. Make it a rule to regularly use it when preparing various dishes (you can add it anywhere) - and you will be happy!

Celery root salad with chicken

There are delicious salad recipes, but with chicken, celery turns out especially tasty.

Ingredients:

small celery root - 1 pc.;
pepper;
lemon;
apple – 1 pc.;
salt;
chicken fillet – 220 g, boiled;
cheese – 220 g;
greenery;
mayonnaise;
olives.

Preparation:

Peel the root. Take a grater designed for Korean carrots and grate.
You will need the apple in the form of thin straws. To prevent the fruit from darkening, pour lemon juice over the straws.
Grate the cheese. Slice the chicken fillet.
Mix the products. Pour in mayonnaise. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Mix. Garnish with olives and chopped herbs.

Diet with our vegetable in the lead role

The first diet is based on soup prepared according to this recipe:

Chop several tomatoes, sweet peppers, half a small head of cabbage, an onion, several carrots and celery stalks and place them in a saucepan. Pour it all over with grated tomatoes with added water and simmer over low heat until half cooked, no more than ten minutes.

Then add two liters of water and cook as usual.

If you’re too lazy to bother, you don’t have to bother at all and just throw all the ingredients into a pan, add water and cook.

Let's not hide it - this dish is not distinguished by its exquisite taste, because the use of cream, sour cream and butter is strictly prohibited. But no one forbids you to add aromatic herbs and spices to it: paprika, turmeric, ginger, pepper, coriander, basil and many others. Plus, some spices even help you lose weight!

The diet lasts two weeks and is followed according to the following scheme:

Every day you eat...that's right, soup! You can dilute it with the following products:

On days 1 and 8 you can have fruit;
At 2 and 9 – vegetable salad;
On days 3 and 10, in addition to regular vegetables, you can have potatoes;
Days 4 and 11 – plus a few bananas and kefir;
On days 5 and 12 you can add boiled lean meat, coffee tomatoes;
Days 6 and 13 – vegetables, meat;
On days 7 and 14, boiled brown rice with vegetables is added to the diet.

If you stay on track and indulge in unhealthy foods during these two weeks, you will lose 2 to 7 kilograms!

If you are not distinguished by angelic patience and endurance, we offer you kefir fasting days: prepare a cocktail of celery and kefir in a blender, about one and a half liters, which should be divided into five doses and drunk during the day. The duration is no more than three days, during which you will lose up to two kilograms - cheap and cheerful.

Now we are gradually approaching a real vitamin-mineral bomb. This is celery juice - incredibly tasty and healthy. In its pure form it is bitter and quite difficult to drink, so it is best to combine it in a variety of mixes. Just take whatever vegetables and fruits you have and blend them in a blender. We especially recommend the following combinations:

Carrots-greens-cabbage;
Apple-carrot;
Nettle-dandelion-honey;
Peach-orange;
Tomatoes-parsley-pepper.

Why is it so useful to eat vegetable and fruit mixes? Firstly, it is extremely tasty. Secondly, you increase the beneficial properties several times.

The following properties will be useful for weight loss:

Diuretic – removes fluid from the body accumulated due to salt abuse;
Laxative - the diet involves consuming food in tiny portions, so this action is more useful than ever;
Removal of waste and toxins;
Launching metabolic processes that can burn fats like oil on fire;
Improvement of digestive processes.

These arguments are more than enough to immediately purchase a few kilograms of this product and begin easy and healthy weight loss!

Many of our readers have already tried a diet using celery; their enthusiastic reviews will confirm our promises:

Elena, 30 years old:
I drank a smoothie of celery, apple and parsley in the morning on an empty stomach and in the evening instead of dinner. The deliciousness is incredible! Within a week I had lost a couple of kilograms and began to feel better. And also, my skin has completely cleared up, although before I often had pimples.

Nastya, 23 years old:
Hello, girls! I want to share with you a proven way to lose weight: once a week I give myself a fasting day on celery alone. I prepare salads, soups and juices. Just a day, and there was no extra kilogram!

As you can see, there are many options for preparation and consumption. Choose the perfect one for yourself and lose weight to your satisfaction.

Korean celery root

The root has a piquant and aromatic taste.

Ingredients:

salt – 1 tbsp. spoon;
celery root – 1100 g;
garlic – 11 cloves;
carrots – 210 g;
ground coriander – 1 teaspoon;
vegetable oil – 210 ml;
ground red pepper – 0.5 teaspoon;
sugar – 4 tbsp. spoons;
vinegar - 7 tbsp. spoons

Preparation:

Take a Korean carrot grater and chop the root and carrots.
Pour oil into the saucepan. Add salt and sugar. Pour in vinegar. Add coriander and pepper. Boil.
Grind the garlic cloves. Add to carrots. Pour in oil and stir.
Place to marinate in the refrigerator for a day.

With cabbage and beets for the winter

If you have a rich harvest and don’t know where to put it, we recommend preparing tasty root celery for the winter.

Ingredients:

allspice;
cabbage – 1500 g;
water – 600 ml;
celery root – 1.5 pcs.;
hot capsicum;
beetroot – 1.5 pcs.;
salt;
vinegar – 145 ml.

Celery takes pride of place among the healthiest vegetables. Even in ancient times, it was used as an ingredient for medicines. Nowadays, the root vegetable is known not only as a means of traditional medicine, but also as a tasty and healthy part of the daily diet.

Root celery is a biennial frost-resistant plant belonging to the Apiaceae family. It grows up to 1 m in height, and the fruit has a delicate texture and strong aroma.

The knobby root is quite fleshy, so it is part of the diet of many modern people. Its size can reach a large man's fist (up to 20 cm in diameter). Celery root has a thin outer skin that is removed before it is cooked or stored.

The color of the root vegetable is gray-white or brown. Thick vertical roots extend from the knobby (or flattened) root. The flowering period occurs in July - August, and the seeds ripen almost in September. The inflorescence is an umbrella.

Did you know?
The inhabitants of Ancient Rome considered celery a sacred plant that improved health and prolonged life.
And the first written mention of it dates back to 1623. The root vegetable itself comes from the Mediterranean, but is now grown everywhere. It loves moisture and light and is frost-resistant.

How to cook celery deliciously

Celery is not only healthy, but also a tasty root vegetable. The most popular cooking recipes among his admirers are fried root vegetables and celery salad.

Fried celery

To prepare it you will need:

celery root - 1 pc.;
carrots - 1 pc.;
leeks - 1/3 pcs.;
dill and cilantro - 30 g each;
dry garlic, salt and pepper to taste;
half a lemon;
vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l.

Peel the root vegetable and cut into strips. Sprinkle it with lemon juice to prevent it from darkening. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil, then fry the celery sticks in it until golden brown. Then cover the frying pan with a lid and simmer its contents over low heat until it becomes soft. At this time, cut the carrots into strips, onions into rings, chop the greens. Don't forget to stir the celery. Add carrots, onions and spices to it. Simmer the dish, stirring occasionally. Next, add the greens to the contents of the pan, mix it and simmer until tender. All this will take no more than 25 minutes. and will be an excellent side dish for meat or fish.

Celery root salad

Required ingredients:

a quarter of peeled celery root;
green onions;
hard-boiled egg;
carrot.

Grate the root vegetable, carrot and egg onto a coarse grater.
Finely chop the green onions and add to the container with the grated ingredients. Add spices to taste and season the salad with mayonnaise, sour cream or low-calorie yogurt. During a long winter, our body weakens and becomes more vulnerable to colds and various types of depression. To support yourself as much as possible in the winter and spring months from the blues, mood swings and various diseases, do not forget about natural medicines.

Today we’ll talk about celery root for weight loss, its beneficial qualities and simple recipes for preparing it at home.

Celery is a spicy vegetable that attracts people with its delicate, piquant taste and a lot of useful qualities. The plant deserves special attention due to the huge content of plant fibers - carotene, phosphorus, potassium, manganese, magnesium and vitamins A, B, K. It contains 3.1 mg of vitamin C for every 100 g of product, which is quite a lot .

The vegetable is very often used to cleanse the body of toxins, improve digestion, enhance sexual function and in dietary nutrition.

Benefits of celery root

The root vegetable is an excellent diuretic and stimulates the removal of excess fluid from the subcutaneous tissue, removes sand and small stones from the kidneys.
Eliminates insomnia, as the minerals present have a calming effect on the nervous system.
Used for urinary tract infections, in particular cystitis.
In case of anemia, it is able to restore the level of iron in the blood.
Contains polyacetylenes, that is, compounds that have the ability to kill certain types of cancer cells.
Strengthens bone tissue.
For men, this vegetable is a kind of aphrodisiac, as it increases the production of testosterone (male sex hormone).
Vitamin (A) present in it improves immunity.
Improves blood circulation to the brain.
Stimulates digestion and relieves constipation, which is useful for hemorrhoids.
Reduces “bad cholesterol” and thins the blood, which can reduce the risk of strokes and heart attacks.
Used for gallstone disease, because celery juice dilutes bile and prevents the formation of new stones in the gall bladder.
Has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effects.
It can be beneficial for gastritis and indigestion, as it improves digestion.
Stimulates liver function.
Cleanses the body of toxins and waste.
Used to reduce high acidity.

Celery root is also widely used in weight loss diets; it helps to successfully fight overweight and obesity. How? I'll tell you more about this later.