Description
This vegan and gluten free celery salad with blood orange, dates, and walnuts ticks all the major texture and flavor boxes! It’s crunchy, creamy, nutty, tart, herbal, and a little sweet. Plus, it’s ready in just about 15 minutes with only 9 ingredients!
Ingredients
- 2 cups thinly sliced celery
- 2 blood oranges
- 2 tbsp minced chives
- 2 pitted dates, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped toasted walnuts
- 2 tbsp plain unsweetened vegan yogurt
- 2 tbsp vegan mayo
- 2 tsp non-dairy milk like oat or soy
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
Instructions
Fill a medium-sized mixing bowl with a mix of ice and water. Submerge your chopped celery into the ice water and let it sit while you prepare the rest of the salad. This ensures it is nice and crunchy.
Cut the very top and bottom off each blood orange. Stand the orange on its end (with one of the cuts facing down flat on your cutting board) and carefully cut the peel and pith away from the flesh of the orange. Then, cut between each membrane to remove the segments of orange. Repeat with the second orange and place the segments into a mixing bowl.
Add the minced chives, finely chopped dates, and chopped walnuts to the mixing bowl along with the oranges. Strain the chopped celery from the ice water and add it to the bowl as well.
In a separate smaller bowl, mix together the vegan yogurt, vegan mayo, non-dairy milk, and salt until smooth. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to combine. Taste the salad and add more salt as needed. Enjoy immediately!
Notes
- This recipe yields 2 side (smaller) servings of salad. Feel free to multiply the recipe as needed if you’d like to make more!
- This salad is best enjoyed the day it’s made so plan accordingly. If you want to prepare the salad components ahead of time, I recommend keeping the dressing separate. Once you’re ready to enjoy your salad, toss everything together.
- The amount of celery you need to yield 2 cups depends on the thickness of the stalks. Mine had thinner stalks so I needed the entire bunch but if yours has thicker stalks, you’ll only need about 4 stalks.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Category: side