Eating seaweed

It's what's for dinner... and lunch and snacks...

  1. Seaweed is an important food in the Asian diet, including Chinese cuisine. But with the exception of "nori" seaweed -- the stuff used in sushi rolls -- not too many Westerners relish the sea vegetable. That's too bad. Seaweed packs a nutritional wallop and is naturally low in calories.
  2. If you are curious about how to use seaweed, take a walk through most Chinatowns and look for the roasted salty, crunchy snacks that come in 3-packs or 12-packs. These snacks are a great alternative to fattening potato chips.
  3. Spicy seaweed strips are magnificent. I was gonna say to die for but I think that seemed a little extreme #butstill #yum
  4. There's also Agar, Dulse, Hijiki, Irish Moss (which saved thousands of people from starvation during the potato famine of 19th century Ireland), Kelp, Kombu, Laver, Nori, Sloke, and Wakame.
  5. Your shopping list for Thursday's recipe: dried wakame seaweed tamari olive and sesame oils lemon maple syrup... fb.me/1IhYOeSTP
  6. Made the yummiest seaweed salad and veggie burger on a toasted sprouted sesame seed bun dressed with hummus and... fb.me/19fBg4wwq
  7. Lunch: Homemade 'Bukkake' Udon (Hot Udon-noodle topped with egg, scallions, ginger and wakame seaweed) lockerz.com/s/185371017
  8. Check out this great article on the 10 Ways to Boost your Energy with Seaweed:
  9. Livestrong lists some of the health benefits of eating seaweed, like controlling weight.
  10. TLC gives "8 Ways to Eat Seaweed (and actually enjoy it)."
  11. Many scientific studies have been done on the medicinal properties of these ocean herbs.

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