GOODNESS
Celery: Celery isn't just for Bloody Marys, although that's as close as many people get to this healthful veggie. Celery may have been used as a hangover cure in ancient Rome, but its real power lies in its ability to lower blood pressure and to keep your weight under control. If you have either of these problems (and they often travel together) you could do worse than grabbing a stalk of celery to chew on.

Celery Seed: No, it doesn't come from celery, that would be too easy. These tiny seeds come from the smallage plant, an unpleasant and somewhat poisonous plant. Nevertheless, the seeds are fresh-tasting and go well with tomatoes. They also belong in soups, pickles and find their way into cheese, eggs and salad dressings.
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Recipe

Fruit Salad Buffet

serves
prep time: 10

ingredients

  • Crescents of peeled cantaloupe
  • Crescents of peeled honeydew
  • Bartlett pears, unpeeled, cut in eighths
  • Clusters of stemmed seedless grapes
  • Half-rounds of fresh pineapple
  • Bananas split and quartered
  • Pitted bing cherries
  • Mounds of strawberries or raspberries
  • Sections of orange
  • Sections of grapefruit
  • Sprigs of lemon mint
  • *Celery Seed Dressing
  • *Honey-Cream Dressing
  • Mayonnaise and whipped cream, half and half

directions

Decorate the tray with sprigs of lemon mint. Flank in with bowls of the various dressings. Let each guest compile a salad with dressing of his own choosing. With this you might serve date-nut sandwiches filled with cream cheese, hot cheese or herb biscuits, Melba toast, buttered scones, garlic bread.