Whenever you find yourself buying a whole bunch of celery just to use a stick or two, make soup. This celery soup with pear and blue cheese uses flavours proven to go well together in a new delicious format. This recipe is gluten-free and can be made vegetarian by using vegetable stock and omitting the bacon. You can make it vegan by using vegetable stock and plant-based cheese, in addition to omitting the bacon. If you don’t like blue cheese, you can use other cheese such as cottage, ricotta or feta if you like mild flavours, or cheddar, gouda or Manchego for a more complex taste profile. If you cheese…