Sexy Sea Vegetable Salad

Image Source: Sonnet Lauberth

Sea vegetables such as seaweed are a great way to add more variety and nutrition to a plant-based diet. We tend to think of greens such as spinach, kale and silverbeet to add to meals but often forget about these underwater champions of the plant world. For anyone who is put off by the oceanic smell of seaweed, fear not! The seaweed is cooked in apple juice, giving it a pleasantly sweet rather than oceany flavour.  Combined with greens, coloured veggies, and other herbs, this salad just ends up tasting really fresh and healthy – in a good way! Perfect for the warmer months.

But why sexy? Well, psychology has noted that when we add appealing names to foods or dishes they seem more attractive to our senses and we are more likely to eat them. You may apply this principle to be inspired to eat more vegetables or fruit.

So since seaweed is often shunned or pictured with less desirable characteristics such as slimy or salty I thought I would help set the record straight in your brain. By describing this salad as ‘sexy’ it adds extra appeal and helps you to establish new more positive associations with sea vegetables. Feel free to also describe sea vegetables as: seductive, saucy, scrumptious, salubrious, satisfying, sensational, sensuous, super, sweet, sparkling…you get the gist!

Seaweed is rich in B vitamins, iron, iodine and omega 3 plus some calcium. All of which require a bit of planning to get from a plant-based diet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/2 cup (60g) of dried seaweed (depending on variety) contains roughly: