Celery & Apple Salad

I am loving these summer vibes - and part of this is fresh, crispy salads! Here’s a new one I whipped up recently for a family get-together. It was a hit!

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE DRESSING:

• 4 sprigs fresh parsley
• 1 clove garlic
• 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 2 teaspoons raw honey
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil

FOR THE SALAD:

• 1 medium bunch celery (about 8 stalks)
• 3 medium Granny Smith apple, finely diced
• 6 pitted dried Medjool dates, finely diced
• 1/2 cup roasted, salted almonds

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Prepare the dressing in a large salad bowl: Finely chop the leaves and tender stems of 4 fresh parsley sprigs (about 2 tablespoons). Finely grate or mince 1 garlic clove.

• Add 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, 2 teaspoons honey, 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, and whisk to combine. While whisking constantly, slowly pour in 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil and whisk until all of the oil is incorporated.

1. Prepare the salad, adding each to the bowl of the dressing as you complete it: Pick the leaves from 1 medium bunch celery & add to salad bowl. Trim and thinly slice the stalks on a slight diagonal until you have about 6 cups. Finely dice apples. Finely dice 6 pitted dried Medjool dates (about 1/2 cup). Coarsely chop 1/2 cup roasted, salted almonds. 
2. Toss to coat. Taste and season with more kosher salt and pepper as needed.

Approved for: Dairy-Free, Adrenal Diet, Gluten-Free

Chris & Filipa Bellette are the Founders of multi award-winning health practice Chris & Filly Functional Medicine, which is best known for ending body burnout (for good!) in “busy” people with energy, mood and gut issues. They have worked with over 2,000+ burned-out clients in the past combined 25+ years, with their own passion for ending body burnout coming from their own personal experience of body, mind, family & business breakdown, after a prolonged period of physical and mental stress.

Filipa is an accredited Clinical Nutritionist, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Coach & Trauma Therapist. She is also a Ph.D. Scholar, author & regularly featured the media, such as Forbes, Body+Soul and The Daily Telegraph. Chris is a Burnout Recovery Coach & an accredited Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) Master Practitioner, with a Bachelor of Human Movement Science. He has existed in high-performance realms of the sporting (think national athlete) & business industries and knows what it takes to get out of hustle-and-grind culture to thriving. 

They were recently awarded as the Tasmanian State Winner & National Finalist for the Telstra Best of Business Awards 2022, and Winner of the Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards 2022.