sexta-feira, 26 de fevereiro de 2010

Sweet Wakame and Ginger Kale Salad




by JULIE KALIVRETENOS on APRIL 15, 2008
Sweet Wakame & Ginger Kale Salad
(RAW VEGAN*)
This is a delicious, simple salad that’s perfect to try if you’re just getting acclimated to sea vegetables. Wakame is soft and tender with a mild, sweet flavor. When I first served this to my family, it was gone in minutes after they once looked down at it cock-eyed because in no way does it resemble the artificially colored and processed seaweed salad you get at a typical sushi bar. Not only does this taste a hundred times better, it’s a hundred times better for you. Recipe follows..
This recipe will yield up to 4 side-salad servings, or one giant serving if you want to make it a big meal!
8 oz. or 1 bunch chopped curly kale, stems & veins removed
1/4 cup Eden instant wakame/or wild Atlantic alaria or wakame (such as Ironbound Island)
1/2 stalk Eden pickled daikon, quartered
1 6″ long piece English cucumber, quartered
1 Haas avocado
nama shoyu
flax seed oil
umeboshi plum vinegar (such as Eden brand)
2 inch piece freshly grated ginger
1 garlic clove, finely minced
1/2 jalepeno pepper, finely minced (optional)
Eden shake, or black & white sesame seeds
*SOME VARIETIES OF WAKAME OR ALARIA ARE NOT TRULY RAW.  READ PACKAGE FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION.
Put kale, garlic, ginger, and jalepeno into a large bowl and lightly but evenly sprinkle with nama shoyu. Toss well and let sit for at least one hour (refrigerate overnight for optimum tenderness). In a separate smaller bowl, soak the wakame for 10-20 minutes in 3 times the amount of water.
Drain and squeeze excess water from the wakame with your hands, one bunch at a time. Add to bowl of kale along with the cucumber and pickled daikon and gently toss. Then add about 2 tablespoons of Eden shake or sesame seeds, 2 tablespoons of flax seed oil sprinkled evenly, and a very light sprinkling of ume plum vinegar. Toss again, and check for flavor. Add additional flax oil, nama shoyu, or plum vinegar if needed. (Note: Be careful not to overdo the ume plum vinegar, it is very intensely tart and salty!)
Finally, cut the avocado in half to open and discard pit. Scoop out each side very carefully with a large spoon so that flesh comes out in one piece. Face down, thinly slice the avocado and arrange around a large platter as pictured above. Place the kale and wakame salad in the middle, ganish the avocado and platter with sesame seeds, and serve.
<3, JMK


Celery, Wakame and Green Onion Salad



This healing dish concentrates on the medicinal properties as its first priority instead of choosing random ingredients to make a dish. This dish is actually for my brother who lives in Taiwan. He’s been living there for almost twenty years and life there is a little bit stressful compared to living in the Philippines which is actually a breeze for most people. Take out foods, canned foods and instant noodles became his diet for so many years until he developed gout which is quite serious compared to other people I know plus fatigue, headache and other different symptoms that is quite challenging to take care of. For his condition, the simplest yet healthy foods is what he needs right now.

This salad is one of the dishes that he’s going to eat. This is an easy yet powerful dish to make with only three ingredients and a dressing. When you serve it with wild salmon which is high in essential fatty acids, then it becomes an anti-inflammatory meal.


Celery is widely used in making soups, stocks, stir-fries and in certain salads. There's a delicious celery salad with Medjool dates, walnuts and blue cheese. I'd like to use more celery not only as a background for certain dishes but as a main ingredient.

Celery is known for its high water content and is good in regulating blood pressure. Salt is linked to increasing blood pressure; it may seem ironic that celery has high organic sodium content that gives it a salty flavor. This organic sodium is actually important in keeping the lymph healthy and removing calcified build-ups in the joints. Organic sodium also helps hold calcium in the bone. When calcium comes out of the bone (from various reasons), crystals form in the joints, causing pain, inflammation and swelling. Refined and iodized tables salts also greatly contribute to this problem.

Wakame is of the highest sources of calcium among the sea vegetables. It aids in tissue repair and strengthening of bones. It also has a high iodine content which is doubled when eaten with fat (such as oil). When wakame is eaten with an acid such as vinegar, it helps in reducing the bad cholesterol from the body. The color of soaked wakame can sometimes range from dark moss green to dark bright green. You can also see some hints of blue and cyan.



The green onion helps speed up blood circulation and absorbs vitamin B1 which helps reduce stress and tiredness. They add bite and spicy undertones to the dish.

The dressing is very simple and can be tossed with Asian noodles. The miso provides some easily assimilated amino acids. You can adjust the flavor if you want more sourness, saltiness or sweetness on the dressing. This is an uncomplicated recipe but the celery needs to be sliced very thinly and choose the inner part of the vegetable as well. The amount for the ingredients can vary as we have different sizes of celery and green onions all over the world. I normally do 2 parts celery to 1 part soaked cut wakame and about ¼ part of the green onion.

Eat this dish about 4 times a week to reap the benefits for other arthritic and rheumatic conditions. Drinking fresh celery juice with some green apple and lemon alkalizes the body. It is also calming on the digestive system.

Celery, Wakame and Green Onion Salad

Makes 2 servings

Miso Dressing
  • 6 tbsp sesame oil
  • 2 tbsp shiro miso (or other unpasteurized miso)
  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp honey
Salad
  • ½ cup dried wakame or 1 cup soaked cut wakame
  • 4 stalks celery
  • 3 green onion
  • 2 tsp sesame seeds
To prepare the dressing, whisk all the ingredients in a bowl until combined. Transfer to a jar and set aside until ready to use.

To prepare the salad, soak the wakame in water for 5-10 minutes depending on the size or about 15 minutes if you’re using whole wakame. Next, thinly slice the celery on a bias to make 2 cups. Then remove the root ends of the green onion and cut into 1-1/2 inch pieces.

When the wakame has softened, drain through a strainer and gently squeeze out the liquid. If you’re using whole wakame, cut into smaller pieces. There may be tough ribs that need to be removed but I find that it doesn’t cause any inconvenience at all so I leave it as is.

To finish the salad, combine the sliced celery, cut wakame and green onion in a bowl. Toss with the dressing until lightly coated. Garnish with sesame seeds


Read more: http://www.sense-serendipity.com/2009/07/celery-wakame-and-green-onion-salad.html#ixzz0gbbTRHFW
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