Eating local and seasonal is one of the key principals of healthy eating. Why? Local and seasonal foods grow in the same conditions in which you live and thus help you thrive there—or should I say endure as the temperatures exceed 100 degrees in Kansas City. My CSA delivered plenty of tomatoes, cucumbers and zucchini this week. Plus I received more of the same, green beans and hot peppers from a patient who gardens organically. If you don’t know about CSA, please read my article Want Fresh Produce? Hire a Farmer!
I offer this recipe for the adventuresome and with a particular patient in mind. Sea vegetables are a staple in Japan, but neglected in our culture. They are rich in trace minerals such as calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron and iodine in a readily absorbable form. And what a time to for additional minerals when we are sweating more from the intense heat!
Mirin is a sweet Japanese rice wine. You’ll find it and wakame sea vegetable in the macrobiotic section of your health food store. This recipe is a variation of one on the package of Eden brand wakame sea vegetable.
Cucumber Wakame Salad
I offer this recipe for the adventuresome and with a particular patient in mind. Sea vegetables are a staple in Japan, but neglected in our culture. They are rich in trace minerals such as calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron and iodine in a readily absorbable form. And what a time to for additional minerals when we are sweating more from the intense heat!
Mirin is a sweet Japanese rice wine. You’ll find it and wakame sea vegetable in the macrobiotic section of your health food store. This recipe is a variation of one on the package of Eden brand wakame sea vegetable.
5 strips of wakame sea vegetable
¼ cup mirin
1 ½ teaspoons sea salt
1 cucumber peeled and sliced
1 small melon, seeded, peeled and chopped into bite size pieces.
5 red radishes, sliced
1 green onion sliced
1 TBSP raw sesame seeds
1 TBSP brown rice vinegar.
Soak the wakame in water for 15 minutes, then bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain, cool and chop into bite size pieces. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix.
Variation: Add ½ small jalapeno pepper, finely chopped to disperse any stuck feeling brought on by the hot humid weather this time of year.
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