David Wolfe on seaweeds: kelp, nori, dulse, hiziki, arame, sea lettuce

This video is part of the interview, that Esmé and I from Raw Food Europe had with David Wolfe last September.
I asked David about minerals. Many people who live on a raw food diet or standard Western diet lack minerals.
What can you do to get more minerals in your diet?

Seaweeds are a very important source of minerals in the raw food diet. There are many edible seaweeds, like kelp, nori, dulse, hiziki, wakame, arame and sea lettuce. If you have never eaten them, try nori or dulse. Most people like them, even kids.

Watch this video:
http://rawfoodsuccess.blogspot.com/2008/03/seaweeds-nori-and-dulse-are-great.html

The Seaweeds Nori and Dulse are Great Snacks for Kids

Watch this fun video. Toddler Calvin loves dulse. My friend Esme's toddler Julian loves nori. Seaweed is a great source of nutrients for kids and adults. It is especially rich in minerals and glyconutrients. And seaweed is a natural wild plant, full with life energy.

Another great food for kids and adults, related to seaweeds, is marine phytoplankton.

For more information on marine phytoplankton, look at:
http://rawfoodsuccess.blogspot.com/2008/02/david-wolfe-on-marine-phytoplankton-and.html

For more information on seaweeds, look at: http://rawfoodsuccess.blogspot.com/2008/01/david-wolfe-seaweeds-glyconutrients-in.html

David Wolfe on Marine Phytoplankton and Spirulina

According David Wolfe marine phytoplankton is the number one food on the planet. Marine phytoplankton is the smallest organism on the earth. It's the bases of the entire food chain. It grows in the ocean and produces more oxygen than all the forests combined times three. It's the bases of sulfur. Wales eat it, dolphins eat it. It's food for all animals at all ages. It's a complete protein source. It contains EPA and DHA, 100% pure without contaminants. It's one of the highest mineral and anti-oxidant foods. It contains about 90 minerals. Why not go back to the bases?

The number two micro algae is spirulina. Spirulina has 65% procent protein. It was the basic food eaten in Mexico City for 5000 years. People ate it together with raw cacao and agave nectar. In general people like it better than the other algae. Did you ever thy spirulina with raw cacao and agave?

The quality of this video is not the best ever, but the is information great.

Recipe for Walnut and Dulse Seaweed Salad

Ingredients:
2 ounces of arugula, wild greens from your garden or baby greens
1/4 cup dulse flakes or 1/2 cup fresh dulse
2 tablespoons olive or hemp oil
1 tablespoon agave nectar
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon sea salt or Himalayan pink salt
cayenne
1/2 cup walnuts

Place the arugula, wild greens or baby greens and the dulse in a bowl. Mix the salt, oil, lemon juice, agave nectar and cayenne. Add to the salad and toss. Garnish with the walnuts.

Enjoy!

Wakame and Cucumber Seaweed Salad

Ingredients:
1 cucumber
1 cup wakame seaweed (soaked)
4 tbsp lemon
2 tbsp agave nectar
1/2 tsp seasalt or Himalayan salt

Cut the soaked wakame seaweed into pieces, about 1 inch long.
Slice cucumber.
Put salt over cucumber slices and set aside for 15 minutes.
Squeeze cucumber slices to remove excess liquid.
Mix lemon and agave nectar in a bowl.
Add the wakame seaweed and cucumber and mix well.

Enjoy!

Delicious Nori Rolls or Raw Sushi

Ingredients for 1 nori roll or sushi:

1 sheet of nori
1 leave of iceberg lettuce
¼ avocado
1 medium size tomato
4 olives
4 radishes
some chives
some alfalfa
some sauerkraut
30 pine nuts

Put the sheet of nori on a flat surface.
Make a second layer with the leaf of iceberg lettuce. Leave the lower and the upper part of the nori uncovered.
Cut avocado and tomato lengthwise. Put them in the middle from left to right on the iceberg leaf. Add small pieces of olive and radish.
Place the chives on top of this. You don’t need to cut them.
Add some sauerkraut, alfalfa, mustard and pine nuts.
Don't take too many vegetables. If you have too many, you can't close the roll.

Take the lower part of the nori and cover the vegetables.
Moisten the upper part of the nori.
Roll the upper part of the nori over the rest and press gently.
The moist nori sticks to the rest.
This way you get a nice roll.
You can eat it like this (as a nori roll) or cut it in pieces (as sushi).

We usually have 2 or 3 nori rolls a person.

You can also use the nut pâté, that you can find elsewhere on the blog inside the sushi.
Put the nut pâté on the nori sheet with iceberg leaf, and add vegetables and herbs.
This is also a great way to make sushi, but a little more time consuming.

Enjoy!

David Wolfe - Seaweeds & Glyconutrients in the Raw Food Diet