Seaweed Superfoods-
Wakame and Apple Salad
Apples, Corn and WAKAME?? This is the perfect salad to start off your dinner with the crisp flavors of fall blending beautifully with the healthful benefits of seaweed!
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Seaweed Sweet Soup
Seaweed sweet soup is the perfect healthy dessert. Serve it warm, or for a refreshing summer snack serve it cold!
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Creamy Wakame Pesto
This delicious Wakame pesto base can be used as a spread on crackers, or turned into a cream sauce perfect for pasta dishes
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Shrimp and Wakame Seaweed Salad
Sweet and tangy, this salad is served with shrimp and kale marinated in an orange curry dressing.
Benefits
Sargassum Benefits
Sargassum is a brown seaweed originating in Japan, but found in many coastal waters around the world. The fronds typically grow to a length of 1-3 meters.
It is frequently used as an anti-inflammatory and antibacterial agent, however it can also be found in traditional Chinese medicineas a tea used for reducing phlegm buildup.
Rockweed Benefits
Ascophyllum nodosum is a large brown seaweed found predominantly in the North Atlantic. It is a slower growing seaweed with a fairly long lifespan.
It can be found in a variety of forms ranging from powdered leaves to supplement pills.
Giant Kelp Benefits
Giant Kelp is a species of brown seaweed found mostly along the eastern Pacific Ocean. It can grow up to 125 feet in length at a rate of 2 feet per day! These large strands form kelp forests, which are home to many varied sea creatures.
It can be found in a variety of forms ranging from powdered leaves to supplement pills.
How to Cook Nori
There are very few secrets to cooking Nori. You can boil it, toast it or even wrap it. Of course you might burn it if you toast it and it might turn into bubble gum if…