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1. 1. Seaweed salad. This tangy salad uses thin noodles of wakame. Soak the wakame in water to hydrate. Drain the seaweed and remove any excess water by squeezing it. Cut the wakame into long, thin strips and put in a bowl with cilantro, shredded carrot, and chopped scallions. In a separate bowl, combine rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, a sprinkle of sugar, red pepper flakes, and ginger. Pour the dressing over the wakame salad and top with sesame seeds. where to buy nori wraps
2. 2. Dashi. This traditional Japanese broth can be the starter for so many meals, like ramen or tsukudani. Rehydrate kombu seaweed in a pot of water for half an hour. Best wholesale seaweed, put it on the stove at medium-high and remove from the heat when it boils. Take the kombu out, add bonito flakes, bring to a boil, then simmer for five minutes. Strain the liquid through a colander.
3. 3. Tsukudani. Another Japanese staple, tsukudani is seaweed heavily flavored in liquids and served over rice. Use nori or kombu for this recipe. Rehydrate the seaweeds first, dry the sheets, then cut into thin strips. Add the Best wholesale seaweed to a pot of dashi and warm over medium heat, stirring as it cooks. When it thickens, after about five minutes, add soy sauce, rice vinegar, mirin, and sake. Heat until most of the liquid is absorbed. Serve over rice topped with sesame seeds.
4. 4. Seaweed smoothie. There is an infinite number of ways to make a smoothie. Here is a basic recipe that includes seaweed for an extra healthy boost. In a blender, combine almond milk, frozen bananas, strawberries, spinach, and your choice of Best wholesale seaweed, like a scoop of ground alaria or Irish moss. A bit of agave syrup will sweeten it up, too. Blend and serve.

Best seaweed nori is commonly used as a wrap for sushi and onigiri. It is also a garnish or flavoring in noodle preparations and soups. 

It is most typically toasted prior to buy nori wraps consumption (yaki-nori). A common secondary product is toasted and flavored nori (ajitsuke-nori), 

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combination with the toasting process. It is also eaten by making it into a soy sauce-flavored paste, nori no tsukudani (海苔の佃煮). 

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A related product, prepared from the unrelated green algae Monostroma and Enteromorpha, is called aonori (青海苔 literally blue/green nori) 

and is used like herbs on everyday meals, such as okonomiyaki and yakisoba.

Nutrition

Raw seaweed is 85% water, 6% protein, 5% carbohydrates, and has negligible fat (table). buy edible seaweed

In a 100 gram reference amount, seaweed is a rich source (20% or more of the Daily Value, DV) of vitamin A, vitamin C, riboflavin, 

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Seaweed has a high content of iodine, providing a substantial amount in just one gram.^[Best seaweed nori^] A 2014 study reported that dried purple laver (“buy nori wraps“)

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