The seaweed is always greener…
As a little girl in Japan, I’d often come across Nori, a popular snack food. Nori is a thin, dried sheet of seaweed used for sushi, sprinkled on foods as a condiment, or just eaten plain. My sister absolutely adored the stuff. But me? I detested it. When we moved away from Japan, I was sad to leave many things. Nori was not one of them.
With the bad memories of nori etched in my mind, I had no plans for a reunion. A few weeks ago, however, I decided to grant my nemesis a second chance: in the form of arame.
I found that I really like arame! The taste is not as “fishy” as nori or hijiki, nor is it as sickly-salty. It adds a perfect compliment to the veggies in the following salad, which I’ve been chomping non-stop. And it’s so easy to prepare– you don’t even need to cook it!
All the way Arame Salad
(A good source of iron, potassium, and calcium)
- Dried arame
- Water
- Carrot
- Green pepper
- Red pepper
- Zucchini
- Celery
- Other veggies of choice (red onion is really good, as is red cabbage)
- Shoyu
- Rice vinegar
Soak the arame in water for 5 minutes. Drain. Cut the raw veggies into bite-sized pieces and add them to the arame. Then add the vinegar and shoyu (equal parts vinegar and shoyu), and mix well. Serve cold. Best if first served the next day, to give the veggies time to “marinate.”
I think arame is my favorite sea veggie. Your salad sounds yummy!
I was SO close to getting some nori wraps (cone shaped- how cool!) for the last day of the challenge…go out with a BANG, heh. I opted for some awesome purple sprouts though which were GREAT! I blogged and posted in the competition thread!
Katie your so creative!! I love your meals. I have never had Arame but thanks for the idea! I will have to look for it next time I hit up a WF.
~Justine
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Glad you re-tried nori and found that you liked it! I find that foods I hated as a child are actually pretty good now. Weird how our taste buds evolve! 😉
I tried starfruit, ugh I had the same opinion as you. Too bad too cause it’s so cute!! I also tried okra, I oven fried it and loooved it!
I’ve never actually tried seaweed like that before. Just dusle/kelp flakes.
I’ve never been one to love anything fishy tasting, but maybe I should give it a try!
You sure know how to make seaweed look appetizing!
“There’s no crying in baseball!!”