Celery is one of the vegetables which contains heavy pesticide residue if not grown organically. There are months of the year I don't use celery because it disappears from the organic stalls at the market.
When I get a bunch home, I cut the leaves off so they don't draw juiciness from the stalks. Usually I add the leaves to the compost heap. I never feel bad about composting organic vegetables — my own vegetable garden appreciates the food.
However the other day I tried something new. I rinsed and dried the leaves, double-bagged them, and threw them in the freezer. I'll use them straight from the freezer in soups and stews. They'll add the celery flavor — a slight bitterness — although not the texture of the celery stalks.
And when I make vegetable stock this week, I'll use some of the frozen leaves in place of the precious stalks of celery I usually add.
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