These treats are made from nori, which are a sea vegetable that I certainly needed to acquire a taste for, considering I never ate any seaweed growing up, but now I'm beginning to take a liking to this stuff. I like the stuff and never really enjoyed it wet considering it gave a chewing weird feeling in my mouth (not to turn you guys off!). But my boyfriend lived in Japan when he was little, so he loves all seaweed, so this recipe was good for him and for me considering the seaweed was nice and crispy! Kind of like an oober healthy tortilla chip with a seaweed flavor and a little different texture... or just like a seaweed snack! :) What is also great about this recipe is that you could totally make any variation that you like and suit it to your tastes. I love garlic and cayenne, so I used that, but you could totally use onion powder, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper, curry powder, Chinese five spice powder, chili powder, ... The possibilities are endless! Do I feel a sweet cinnamon nori recipe coming? Maybe that would taste a little funny, but who knows?
I got the idea for these treats from a packaged treat called sea snax (here is their website) that are definitely strangely addictive as the bag says. Unfortunately they aren't raw so I decided to get my hands on making an all raw kind that are just as good but without that cooked oil taste (I just don't like that taste for some reason, lol!). And voila! I got it!
Anyway, enough talk and more recipe!
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| LOL! Sorry about the half eaten piece! I ripped a piece off of an unseasoned nori piece to see if my pooch was willing to try it. He tried it but wasn't too keen on it! |
Yummy Sea Snacks
*(Oven method is below)
Ingredients:
2 sheets of nori, untoasted
1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon - 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder (depends on how garlicky you like them, I like a lot of garlic!)
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne powder (you could adjust this to how spicy you like it)
Directions:
Lay the nori sheets on the dehydrator sheets and brush the olive oil evenly onto each sheet on one side.
Then mix together the garlic powder, salt, pepper, and cayenne in a little bowl to combine.
Sprinkle the spice mix evenly onto each nori sheet and place the dehydrator sheet in the dehydrator at 105 degrees and leave for about an hour. Then rip into squares and devour! Yummers! Store in a tightly sealed container to retain crispness.
*Oven Method:
If you don't have a dehydrator, you could use your oven. Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit and place the nori evenly on a baking sheet without overlapping. Place in oven and watch it for about 2 minutes. Then check it. If it is not as crisp as you would like you could leave it in there for about 1 minute longer and check again.Just be sure to watch it!
I hope you all have an oober day! :)
