Posted by Sue Landsman on Apr.16, 2009

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Wakame is a Japanese seaweed easily found in whole food stores, and is a wonderful way to bring nutrition to your family. Wakame is rich in protein, calcium, iodine, magnesium, iron, and folate. It also contains a significant amount of substances called Lignans, which can help fight cancer.

This wakame salad is a big winner with kids, who find the cucumber accessible and like the saltiness of the soy sauce. It’s also something older kids can easily make themselves, while younger kids can do everything except cutting the cucumber. It’s fun watching the shriveled, dry wakame soak up the water and turn into bigger strips.

The tastes of the cucumber, seaweed, and sesame seeds blend together to make something greater than the sum of its parts. You can adjust the saltiness or the sesame oil according to your tastes.

Wakame Salad

1 English cucumber
2 tsp. Dried wakame
1/2 cup Warm water
2 tbsp. Sesame oil
2 tsp. Soy sauce
2 tsp. Sesame seeds

Put the wakame in the bowl of warm water to soak until soft. This can take about 5 to 10 minutes. While the wakame is soaking, slice the english cucumber into thin rounds and put into a medium serving bowl. Add the sesame oil and soy sauce, and stir. When the wakame is soft, add it and stir, then add the sesame seeds and stir again.

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