The mint and cilantro in this seaweed salad make this a tasty way to incorporate health-promoting sea vegetables into your diet.
Serves: 4
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup dried arame or wakame (soaked)
- 1 cup filtered water
- 1 large red onion (diced)
- 1 large cucumber (peeled, deseeded and diced)
- 1/2 large red bell pepper (deseeded and diced)
- 1/2 bunch fresh mint (minced)
- 1/2 bunch cilantro (minced)
- 3 tablespoons flax or toasted sesame oil
- 1 large lemon (zested and juiced)
- 1 tablespoon raw, local honey
- sea salt (to taste)
- freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
Directions
Bring water and seaweed to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to medium for 15 minutes. Remove seaweed and water.
In a large bowl, combine red onion, cucumber, red pepper and cooked arame.
In a separate bowl, whisk oil, lemon juice and zest, honey, sea salt and black pepper. Combine with other ingredients.
Marinate for 30-35 minutes or overnight in the refrigerator.
Add in mint and cilantro; serve the seaweed salad.
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