Brown Rice Celery Salad with Celery Leaf Pesto Recipe

This is a celery celebration! I love celery leaf pesto and find it a wonderful way to use the abundant leaves of this lovely lanky vegetable. You can also use celery leaves as you would parsley in your cooking, as a garnish or in salads, etc.
Serves: 2–3
Ingredients
Method
- Celery Leaf Pesto
- 2 cups celery leaves
- 1 cup parsley leaves
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled & roughly chopped
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- ¼ cup cashews, pinenuts or almonds
- ¼–½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 cup uncooked brown rice
- ½ cup hazelnuts
- 2 tbsp celery leaf pesto (recipe above)
- 2 stalks celery, sliced
- Large handful crumbled feta
- Small handful parsley leaves
- ¼ tsp sea salt, more to taste
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