Green vegan pesto meets dulse or I sea bacon from Seamore
Wholefood family dish with homemade pesto and whole leaf dulse from Seamore.
A fancy looking, but really easy and satisfying vegan family dish.
The green pestos are something we started a with the kids, since it is an easy way to get some more greens into them. We love to go with the seasons and started in April with some nettle pesto, continued with our zero waste carrot green pesto. All those variations are easy and mild in taste. And the regional grocery stores here in Denmark and Sweden had a wide selection of herbs and ecological parsley was the choice of our children. It is also due to the fact that I haven’t found that many vegan bread spreads and pesto is also nice on a fresh bun in the morning.
Recipe summary:
Time: 20 mins.
Flavour Intensity: Medium
Featuring: Dulse aka I sea bacon from Seamore
Ingredients for pesto:
1 bunch parsley
5 tablespoons of gounded almonds or sunflower seeds
Olive Oil
Seaweed Salt
Splash of lemon juice
Other ingredients:
whole leaf dulse aka “I sea bacon” from Seamore
spelt spaghetti
fresh tomato
Preparation:
How to prepare the dulse?
I like to first soak the dulse seaweed (5-10 minutes in cold water) and then let it simmer on low heat in coconut with a pinch of salt, but it also possible to put in oil straight dry from the bag. Please let me know how you like it better.
Pesto variation with carrot green and sunflower seeds and seaweed flakes.
How to prepare the pesto?
Put the parsley, almonds or sunflower seeds with oil and the lemon juice and some salt in a small food blender and mix until it is a smooth paste, add some more oil or little water and seeds if needed, till you have a pesto with a nice consistency.
Cook the spaghettis and pile them up on your plate. Garnish your dish with the vegan bacon, tomato and pesto and you are ready to enjoy.
Please enjoy your meal and share your thoughts.
Ready to eat pasta and pesto dish with dulse seaweed.
Nutritional facts on Dulse:
Dulse is high in minerals like calcium, magnesium and iron for strong bones and therefore very much recommended for children.
It contains high amounts of potassium. This essential mineral can help to increase the blood flow to the brain and small capillaries. So a real brain food!
Dulse is very rich in Vitamin C, which helps to boost your immune system and helps your body to increase the white blood cell count.
Carrot green pesto as raw food dip with dulse sprinkles.