Any good tasting sea vegetable ideas?

[Aurelie48]

I never liked fish or even the smell of fish. I also know how important it is to get our trace minerals from sea vegetables. It would be great if I could find a way to daily include them in our diet. I read where someone suggested taking a teaspoon of kelp in a glass of water. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm sure I could handle that. It'd be worth it. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Thank you:)

[Smileen]

I am the same as you...can't tolerate the smell of seafood. I wanted to share that at a raw food restaurant in Chicago, I had a raw vegan caesar dressing which contained dulse flakes and I never noticed the seafood taste.

[Allison]

We LOVE nori rolls, but it does smell a little fishy.

Spread a pate of some kind, some sprouts, sliced red bell pepper and cucumber all inside of a nori sheet, and roll up and eat. Delicious!

Allison

[Madeleine.Blythe]

I hate the smell of fish, too.. I used to work in a fish and chips marina.. and well. *puke*..........
But, nori rolls.. mannn, cannot go wrong there.
They're amazing.
fill them with whatever you want, I absolutely love them. I buy packs by the 100s, literally.

[Gittel]

What kind of pate do you use?

Gittel

[veganman]

I love dulse on salads, apples, etc. Very yummy!

[Stina]

I'm the one who used to stir kelp into water and slug it down. I quit cause it made me feel sick to my stomach. I do enjoy wrapping up a salad in nori paper. And I highly recommend Alissa's recipe for the Prince Caspian salad; it's extremely good. My new angle is to take just half a teaspoon of kelp and hide it in other things like marinara sauce and green smoothies. That seaweed is extremely important.

[Stina]

Oh, I almost forgot. I'd highly recommend find Sea Tangle kelp noodles. It's a wonderful product and raw. I put them in my dehydrator and they turn out very similar to Pad Thai rice noodles. You could vary different sauces on them. And if you don't have a dehydrator, you could just put them on the counter to soften at room temp for awhile and just eat them crispy. Yumm

[punajade]

Yeah, I'm trying to find more seaweed recipes too.....

This is what I've done so far....
1) Blended green drink with kelp - I juice a weeks worth of apples
and store in mason jars.... then have a green drink every nite.
I dont measure, but it's approx.. 1cup apple juice, 1/4cup water, couple
servings spirulina, tsp kelp, and a whole lotta greens -celery, spinach,
cilantro, parsley, kale, chard, alphalpha sprouts......whatever I got.

2) hijiki & sprouts with a lemon/sunflower seed dressing

& 3) soaked sunflower seeds, sundried tomatoes, olives, dulse, olive oil, salt

4) putting dulse or hijiki (or both) into my nori 'sushi' wraps.
I wrap bean sprouts, alphalpha sprouts, sunflower sprouts, avocado,
dulse, &/or hijiki. A little bit of everything or whatever I have.
Then top with pickled ginger, wasabi, and shoyu

One of these days I'll figure out measurements for more exact recipes....
but that's what I got so far.

I'd like new ideas too! :)

[punajade]

Oh yeah! I almost forgot..

Stina - I've always wondered about those Sea Tangle Noodles......I heard they have the same texture as real noodles, and dont have a strong seaweed, or 'fishy' taste ???? Is that true? and how do you know if they are raw? .....not that it would matter much for me, I'd still eat it, but just curious.

[rawzeit]

I don't think wakame smells like fish at all...

[walnutty]

You can read all about the Sea Tangle Kelp Noodles in this thread:

http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=32357


I haven't tried them yet but have finally talked my Whole Foods store into carrying them and am anxiously awaiting their arrival in the store. YEAH!!! :D

[subbacultcha]

I always hated fish too but I love sea vegetables now! I wasn't so sure the first time I tried them but now I eat nori rolls pretty much every day. I just had a really nice one filled with a guacamole-ish thing that I made from what I had in the fridge - 1/2 an avocado mashed with lemon, sundried tomato paste, curry spice and garlic (sounds wierd but it was yummy) - with some sliced shiitake mushroom and tomato in it. Basically you can wrap pretty much anything in nori as long as its a bit moist so the nori's not too dry.

[sport]

The only one that I can tolerate is sea asparagus (salicornia). I do not find any repulsive smell or taste from it.

[Aurelie48]

Smileen & Veganman: Thanks for the dulse suggestions. That's easy enough to do.

Allison, Madeleine & Subba: I've never really done the nori roll bit, but your encouraging suggestions help. Definitely going to try this week.

Stina: I'm glad you pointed that out about the kelp powder. I'll sneak it in gradually into my smoothies and/or take smaller amount in a glass of water. Got to get it in somehow.

Puna..the sprouts and seed dressing is a good idea to hide the strong hijiki taste. All these great suggestions are helping me thinking outside the box. Thanks eveybody.

[Stina]

Oh yeah! I almost forgot..

Stina - I've always wondered about those Sea Tangle Noodles......I heard they have the same texture as real noodles, and dont have a strong seaweed, or 'fishy' taste ???? Is that true? and how do you know if they are raw? .....not that it would matter much for me, I'd still eat it, but just curious.

They are remarkably bland but the texture straight out of the package, oh, how do I describe it.... delicately crispy. I so crave comfort food that I figured out that in the dehydrator they soften up and remarkably do resemble a soft standard pasta dish. Also, several people have confirmed that they're raw when they contacted the company for details. It says on the package that they're raw but you know how even that can be subjective. :)