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| veveveveggie
Joined: 12/28/09 Posts: 114 |
Sea Vegetables??? Posted Friday, March 12, 2010 at 8:15 AM I have seen these at health food stores, but aside from sushi...what do you do with them??? Jean |
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| aml04143
Joined: 03/02/10 Posts: 5 |
RE: Sea Vegetables??? Posted Friday, March 12, 2010 at 8:39 AM I usually keep hiziki, nori sheets, wakame, agar agar and arame in the house. I like to make veggie roll-ups with the nori sheets...throwing leftover brown rice/grains in along with whatever veggies I have in the fridge (sprouts, romaine, kale, avocados, etc). I also use pieces of torn nori in miso soup (as well as wakame). You could try adding arame and hizki to salads and soups. Or mix them into your cooked grains/beans. I use kombu when I make beans at home to make them more digestible. Basically, you can use them for anything! Alicia Silverstone's book The Kind Life has a lot of "superhero" recipes with seaweeds. Also, you could look through Macrobiotic cookbooks for inspiration/ideas. Hope this helps! |
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| Bluesgyrl
Joined: 01/06/10 Posts: 159 |
RE: Sea Vegetables??? Posted Friday, March 12, 2010 at 12:22 PM I would like to know more receipes also. Yesterday I went to our local natural food store and went crazy buying sea vegetables. Ok, maybe not crazy but I did buy Kombu and Dulse. When I got home I looked at my Kind Diet book and realized that there isn't as many receipes with these in it as I thought. |
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| kclayton
Joined: 02/25/10 Posts: 33 |
RE: Sea Vegetables??? Posted Friday, March 12, 2010 at 1:37 PM Here's a link to a recipe that uses Kombu. It is very good. My omni-husband keeps asking for it again. It's by Emeril and Bryant Terry, the author of Vegan Soul Food. http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/emeril-bbq-baked-beans.html |
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| kclayton
Joined: 02/25/10 Posts: 33 |
RE: Sea Vegetables??? Posted Friday, March 12, 2010 at 1:44 PM And, this is a fun agar agar recipe (more appropriate for 4th of July), but maybe you could do it with other fruit. The fatfreevegan blog uses agar agar pretty frequently. http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2006/07/red-white-and-blue-fruit-terrine.html |
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| essie
Joined: 02/26/10 Posts: 163 |
RE: Sea Vegetables??? Posted Friday, March 12, 2010 at 2:06 PM There are some recipes on the Maine Coast Sea Vegetables website here (most are vegan, but not all): https://www.seaveg.com/shop/index.php?main_page=page&id=10&chapter=3&zenid=50ee10e871146a934a987728226c5424 Also, Mark Bittman's book How to Cook Everything Vegetarian has a bunch of good ones (again, not all vegan, but mostly). I like eating nori sheets plain. Dulse makes a great DLT. Kombu I put in veggie broth and stir in miso for a soup. Hijiki or arame (soaked in warm water first) makes a great "mock tuna salad" with mashed chickpeas and vegan mayo. I think I posted about this already...? There's an iodine thread that has some other sea vegetable info. |
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| WAYOFLIFEHAWAII
Joined: 02/25/10 Posts: 14 |
RE: Sea Vegetables??? Posted Friday, March 12, 2010 at 8:43 PM Hi everyone, If you want to learn about sea veggies, cooking etc. Go to "kushistore.com" then click on "macrobiotic cookbooks". One of my favorites is "complete guide to macrobiotic cooking" by the kushi institutes founders wife, Aveine kushi. Note: I ate the macrobiotic way for two years,(from 1992 to 94)I felt it played a big part in me beating my cancer. Aloha & Mahalo, Jerry & Junko |
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| Bluesgyrl
Joined: 01/06/10 Posts: 159 |
RE: Sea Vegetables??? Posted Friday, March 12, 2010 at 10:03 PM Love the Maine Coast Sea Vegetable web site. Looks like they have some great receipes! I don't know anything about the macrobiotic diet. I find it interesting that it includes sea vegetables. I suppose I should do a little research or maybe start a macrobiotic thread to see what all you know about it. In the meantime, thanks for the suggestions. |
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| Sassy
Joined: 03/01/10 Posts: 6 |
RE: Sea Vegetables??? Posted Friday, March 12, 2010 at 11:04 PM I know sea vegetables are supposed to be terribly good for us, and it was my understanding that arame is pretty non-fishy...so I got some. Made a cucumber-arame salad and found it absolutely repulsive. I washed off the seaweed and even so, the cucumbers still tasted fishy. I have never liked fish or seafood, but I have had good (to me) sea vegetables in a restaurant (now out of business, so I can't ask what kind and how they were prepared). So...does anyone know what kind or how to prepare non-fishy sea vegetables? (I should say that I consider the smell--let alone taste--of fish and seafood disgusting.) I'd appreciate any help or advice! |
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2meowers
 Location: Sequim, WA Posts: 127 |
RE: Sea Vegetables??? Posted Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 2:41 AM Whew! This is way over my head - had no idea about this stuff! After checking the site essie suggested, many items seem very beneficial: https://www.seaveg.com/shop/index.php?main_page=page&id=10&chapter=3&zenid=50ee10e871146a934a987728226c5424 While I may decide to only add a few, can some of you experienced users of these products help me get started? First off, I have access to a Safeway, QFC, and a local market. The local has some vegan processed items and a lot of organic and locally grown veggies, etc., including personal products, etc. Their bulk section is OUTSTANDING!! Am guessing I'll have to buy these sea veggies items online, but think I would be most interested in alaria, followed by kelp. In what section might these be found in a non health food store? Refrigerated, dried (like beans/rice) or ?? Being sea based, are they overly salty? What about ocean pollutants in them? I thank you for sharing your experience to help me learn to better walk the path of vegan. While I've been vegan since 8-15-09, I continue to learn, especially from all of you. Stop eating animals and their by-products and derivatives. You'll help yourself, the animals, and the environment! Look at the knowledge we are showing our followers by example. Let's rock the world and show that humans don't need to harm animals to live! "But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy." Plutarch. |
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| veveveveggie
Joined: 12/28/09 Posts: 114 |
RE: Sea Vegetables??? Posted Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 7:36 AM Hi 2meowers, in a grocery store you would probably be lucky to find sushi wrappers ( can't remember which sea kelp). I am with you on the vegan sentiments though Jean |
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