Recipe: Arame Carrot Salad

Arame is rich in essential nutrients including calcium, iron, zinc, manganese, folate, vitamins A & K, and iodine. It has a mild, but distinctively sweet flavor that blends perfectly well with shredded raw veggies creating a salad that is not only nutritious but delicious!

Arame Carrot Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 cup arame sea vegetable
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tablespoons grated ginger
• 1 bunch basil, chopped
• 1 bunch cilantro, chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium lime, juiced
• 1 medium lemon, juiced
• 1/4 cup water, from soaking arame
• 1 large or 2 small cucumbers, very thinly sliced
• 1 cup carrot, shredded (omit if they spike your blood sugar or replace with daikon)
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Directions:

1. Soak arame for at least 10 minutes in enough water to cover, until it softens.
2. Combine garlic, ginger, basil and cilantro.
3. Juice lemon and lime.
4. Drain arame.
5. Combine lemon and lime juice with chopped garlic, ginger, cilantro and basil, sesame oil and enough soak water from the arame to make a salad dressing consistency.
6. Toss dressing over arame and shredded carrots. Serve as a side salad or over a bed of lettuce.

This recipe is from Dr. Ritamarie’s The Sweet Spot Solution program‘s  Recipe Collection.

Yours in health and joy,

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