Photos: Kim Sunée's celery and parsley leaf salad with sautéed dates

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Celery and parsley leaf salad with sautéed dates

Two of my favorite leaves -- those of celery and parsley -- are full and bright with intense flavor. Our local farmers markets are currently abundant with both, especially whole bunches of celery with their wide, weepy tips still attached.

Paired with parsley leaf, celery tips replace the more ubiquitous lettuce in this crisp fall salad I've been making every chance I get. What lifts this from the mundane is the addition of quickly sautéed dates -- the meaty, sticky, Medjool variety -- as well as a scattering of marcona almonds.

Read more: Often neglected, parsley and celery leaves shine in this bright salad