Cooking food for our loved ones is a never-ending process. Something that we have to do twice or thrice a day. Â To ease up this continuous cooking spree, we should be aware of a couple of recipes that come in handy.
Recipes that are delicious, healthy, and easy to make.
In this article, we will be sharing with you Celery with Peanut Butter Recipe. That is delicious and healthy to ease up your cooking regime.
Celery With Peanut Butter
Ingredients Â
- 4 Stalk celery.
- ¼ Cup Peanut butter, all natural.
InstructionsÂ
- Wash thoroughly the celery and let them a bit dry.
- Trim celery stalks and then cut them in half.
- Â You can either fill the celery with peanut butter inside
- Or you can use it as a side dip .
- It’s all done and ready to be served.
Recommended Ingredients
Celery and Peanut Butter:
Celery is a part of the apiaceous family, which also includes carrots, parsnips, and parsley. If you are a crisp lover, you would love to know that Celery is famous for its crunchy stalks.
It not only adds crunch to your meal but is a perfectly healthy snack for you. They are low in calories, 2 medium stalks contain 15 Kcal. So, you can have lots of these and still won’t be adding any additional calories to your diet.
Peanut butter is a roasted peanut spread that tastes delicious and contains 588 Kcal per 100 g.
Celery and peanut butter Origin:
Celery belongs to an apiaceous family and is said to be originated from the Mediterranean back in 4,000 BC.
Peanut butter is an ancient South American invention, which was further furnished by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg in 1895. That was the first time when peanut butter was officially distributed in the USA.
Nutritional Value and Calories count:
Celery contains very low calories, for example, two medium stalks contain 15 calories. On the other hand, It is enriched with vitamins A, K, and C, and minerals like potassium and folate. It is low in sodium and glycemic which means it hardly affects your blood sugar level.
Peanut butter contains 588 Kcal in 100g. It also has 50g fat, 17mg sodium, 649mg potassium, 20g total carbohydrates, and 25g protein.
Celery and peanut butter combined have around 103 calories, 5g carbohydrates, 4g protein, 8g fat, 2g fiber.
Servings and cooking time:
Celery with peanut butter comes under the description of snack food and it can be prepared within minutes. It takes around five minutes, and can easily serve up to 4 persons. You can increase or decrease the quantity as you desire. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Your very easy and tasty, and on-the-go recipe can be prepared and served in minutes. It helps you lose weight and adds up healthier bits to your meal. Some of the primary pros of this recipe would be, it doesn’t have many calories, it is not a heavy meal, it tastes delicious, it is crunchier in texture and it keeps you full for a longer period of time.
How to store celery?
You can keep it in the fridge to eat it later. But please make sure you eat it within a day because celery is hard to keep fresh once it’s been used.
It’s not possible to store celery without a refrigerator because celery goes stale within few hours. However, you can surely store it by wrapping it in foil paper. Foil Wrapping will keep it fresh for 2 weeks maximum.
Just make sure that if you are counting calories, keep a track of what you are doing. This simple math’s will keep all things sorted.
Enjoy this amazingly delicious yet healthy recipe and let us know of your experience. 🙂
I am a yogi with a smoldering passion for nutrition and healthy living. I have been a Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach for over 11 years and now I want to help you. My mission is to inspire as many people as I can to expand their awareness and broaden their horizons by giving a voice to the choices that create abundant, radiant health. Here I share deliciously simple plant-based recipes, nutrition resources, detox tips, and a glimpse into my whole lifestyle.
