This area focuses on the selection, preparation, and cooking of sea vegetables, and recipes using sea vegetables in significant amounts. Please ensure that the site you wish to submit pertains to this subject.
Sea vegetables are edible plants, primarily seaweeds, that grow in or near the ocean. They have been harvested and eaten in Asian countries and other coastal areas for centuries. They have naturally high concentrations of nutrients, particularly minerals.
Some sea vegetables are known by a variety of names:
Hiziki - hijiki Irish moss - carrageen moss Kombu - kelp, konbu, oarweed, sea cabbage, sea tangle Nori - laver, purple laver, purple seaweed Samphire - glasswort, marsh samphire, passe-pierre, pousse-pied, pousse-pierre, rock samphire, salicornia, sea asparagus, sea bean, sea green bean, sea fennel, sea pickle Wakame - Alaria is often sold as wakame in the U.S.
This area focuses on the selection, preparation, and cooking of Arame, and recipes using Arame in significant amounts. Please ensure that the site you wish to submit pertains to this subject.
This area focuses on the selection, preparation, and cooking of dulse, and recipes using dulse in significant amounts. Please ensure that the site you wish to submit pertains to this subject.
This area focuses on the selection, preparation, and cooking of hiziki, and recipes using hiziki in significant amounts. Please ensure that the site you wish to submit pertains to this subject.
This area focuses on the selection, preparation, and cooking of Irish moss, and recipes using Irish moss in significant amounts. Please ensure that the site you wish to submit pertains to this subject.
This area focuses on the selection, preparation, and cooking of kanten, and recipes using kanten in significant amounts. Please ensure that the site you wish to submit pertains to this subject.
Kanten, or agar, is a gelling and thickening agent derived from Gracilaria and other red sea vegetables. It's been used for centuries in sweet Asian desserts. Kanten can be purchased in powder, flake, and stick form.
This area focuses on the selection, preparation, and cooking of dulse, and recipes using dulse in significant amounts. Please ensure that the site you wish to submit pertains to this subject.
Kombu (Laminaria) is a dark green sea vegetable from the kelp family. It is also called sea tangle, oarweed, and sea cabbage. It is eaten both raw and cooked. Kombu is used in numerous recipes in Japan and primarily to flavor broths, soups and sauces in the West.
This area focuses on the selection, preparation, and cooking of nori, and recipes using nori in significant amounts. Please ensure that the site you wish to submit pertains to this subject.
This area focuses on the selection, preparation, and cooking of samphire, and recipes using samphire in significant amounts. Please ensure that the site you wish to submit pertains to this subject.
Two edible plants are referred to as samphire. Salicornia, also known as glasswort, sea asparagus, sea bean, sea pickle, and marsh samphire, grows along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America. Crithmum maritimum, rock samphire or sea fennel, grows along the coasts of Great Britain and northwestern Europe.
This area focuses on the selection, preparation, and cooking of wakame, and recipes using wakame in significant amounts. Please ensure that the site you wish to submit pertains to this subject.