I love sushi!! I love seaweed, really. My daughter, Kristian loves sushi even more than me. For our children’s birthday, we always make a meal for them that they enjoy. This year, Kristian requested Sushi. Kristian is also a raw vegan. So, I had to get a little creative to give her what she wanted. I had no idea how to get away with the rice. I had heard of people who substituted the rice with Kamut. I can’t find it in the stores in Saskatoon. If you know where to get it, please let me know. Also, she sprung it on me at almost the last moment. So, ordering it online was out of the question. I went to my local organic market and purchased the dried raw Nori sheets (not the toasted kind) and I also picked up some veggies to put in the sushi.
I asked a couple of friends of mine for advice on how to mimic the rice. Beate came to my rescue again!! She suggested that I use a bland seed cheese. What a smarty pants she is! I soaked some sunflower seeds for half a day and rinsed them and stuck them in the blender with a dash of sea salt. I added a little bit of water to make it grind nice. I spread the seed cheese thick on about 1/3 of the nori sheet. Then I placed the sliced veggies on the seed cheese. I put in cucumber, radish, carrot, pepper, and some avocado. I rolled the nori sheet up tight and cut it into four parts. Now comes the taste test….. Oh WOW!! It is so good. I almost prefer it to the old fashioned sushi. Because it isn’t rolled with rice, I call these little gems Nori Rolls.
Is Nori good for you? WOW! I started looking into some information about it. I knew it was good for you, but I didn’t know how good for you it is. I went online and did some research for myself.
Nori
(Sea Lettuce, Green Laver) Nori has a mild, nutty, salty-sweet taste. Best when
roasted before using (pre-toasted nori is sold as “sushi nori”), wild nori is
excellent crumbled into soups, grains, salads, pasta, and popcorn. Nori is also
great as a table condiment either alone or with ginger. Nori, when sold in paperthin
flat sheets, is used for wrapping sushi rolls or for cutting into strips to use
in soup. Sea lettuce, “green nori” that resembles lettuce, is excellent in soups,
salads, and in rice and noodle dishes.
Health Benefits: Nori is 28% protein, more than sunflower seeds, lentils or wheat
germ. It is also an excellent source of calcium, iron, manganese, fluoride, copper,
and zinc. Of the sea vegetables, nori is one of the highest in vitamins B1, B2, B3,
B6, B12 as well as vitamins A, C and E.
B12 is a big issue in the raw vegan community. B12 is highly prevalent in meat and very scarce in veggies. I get tested for B12 and I’m fine so, I must be doing something right. Maybe it’s all the Nori I eat lol.
The ingredients in seaweed contain components that allow it to treat irritation, bacterial infections and viruses. The high concentration of polysaccharides affords a number of advantages such as the prevention of cardiovascular ailments such as diabetes. They have been found to increase the function of the liver, stabilize blood sugar as well as improve the level of endorphins at work inside the brain.
Nori is also very good for cleansing your internal organs and can work as an anti inflammatory. It is also good at removing cancer causing free radicals.
People can eat it in Nori rolls, drink it in a tea, or cut them up as chips.
What can’t you do with Nori? OK, Nori doesn’t do windows, but it does a lot of other great stuff for you. :)
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