Celery salad with dates, almonds, and Parmigiano from Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables (page 145) by Joshua McFadden and Martha Holmberg

Ingredients

celery
Medjool dates
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Notes about this recipe

jwindersteed on June 07, 2026

I’ve made this a few times. I use golden raisins vs dates and pistachios vs almonds.
GloriaG on June 02, 2026

Refreshing crunchiness from the celery and tangy lemon made this a perfect side dish to serve with grilled fish. The shaved Parmesan and chopped dates added interesting sweet & salty flavor contrasts that worked well together and the almonds tied it all together. My husband felt it was a little dry and could have used a more dressing to hold it together. I enjoyed it as it was & would make again.
megann_b5gxnm on January 02, 2026

I love substituting dried cherries for the dates. Was easy to prep the dressing ahead in a jar and take ingredients to throw together while car camping. Can soak floppy celery to make it crisp again before making this salad. Family liked it.
offenbach on June 29, 2025

Very good and easy. At first I thought the lemon was too sharp, but it just needed a bit more salt! Hard to get ratios right based on the recipe (How much is eight stalks of celery? How many leaves are there on the celery?), but really can just go by instinct.
dbruijn on May 18, 2024

I needed to use up celery and dates and this was the perfect recipe to use. Delicious. I love a celery salad (Alison Roman makes a GREAT celery fennel salad recipe). Will probably keep making it until I have no more dates left. Lol
crandall57 on April 09, 2024

Absolutely delicious! I think the fact that the celery came fresh from the farmer, helped to make the dish so fresh tasting. The combination of flavors is perfect. I will try to make this dish again, but not sure supermarket celery will provide as much flavor.
eliza on January 16, 2024

I really loved this simple salad. I subbed prunes for the dates which worked fine. Easy way to eat a substantial amount of celery.
et12 on June 03, 2023

As others have said, this was a nice change to the usual salad. A great range of textures and flavours. I would definitely add more dates next time and maybe even some walnuts for some bitterness.
ellwell on February 23, 2023

This was a great change from a lettuce salad. Will make again.
clkandel on June 14, 2022

The ingredients were so intriguing and I'm so glad I made this. Simple to put together and a wonderful combination of flavors.
stacymarkow on April 11, 2020

I love celery, so this salad was a big hit with me. Bites with dates are the best, you can easily double them in it so they're better distributed.
ldtrieb on March 09, 2019

I loved this salad. As others have said, the date bites are best so when I made this a second time, I mashed the dates with the lemon juice for more even distribution.
bching on November 26, 2018

I agree with Mme Fleiss: the bites with dates are the best. Alas, the rest of the bites are the worst. This was not popular around our dinner table . All close friends--and honest opinions were mostly thumbs down.
Yildiz100 on September 25, 2017

So good. The dates and almonds go together wonderfully and the celery keeps your palate constantly refreshed so you can appreciate them. Not sure if it really needs the parm though. I may try without. Also calls for more lemon and olive oil than necessary-add to taste.
MmeFleiss on September 21, 2017

We found this odd, but quite tasty. The bites with dates were my favorite.