I was recently given some crunchy, dried spirulina. Curious, I looked up its benefits. Nutritionally it packs a big punch:

High in protein (50-75%)
A complete protein (all essential amino acids)
Essential fatty acids

Vitamins:

B1 (thiamine)
B2 (riboflavin)
B3 (nicotinamide)
B6 (pyrodoxine)
B9 (folic acid)
C
D
A
E
(a minimal source of B12)

And minerals:

Potassium
Calcium
Chromium,
Copper
Iron
Magnesium
Manganese
Phosphorus
Selenium
Sodium
Zinc


My dilemna: I don’t like how it smells... Like rotting seaweed washed up on the beach? Like tinned dog food? Ewwww.

But, waste not - want not. Soooo...

I decided to disguise its smell in a fake tuna salad recipe. And here's my take on “toona”: Mix dried spirulina in with shredded cucumber, sunflower seeds, minced onion, diced celery, and diced red bell pepper. Stir in some lemon juice, Italian herbs, and tahini. Yummy. Great in a lettuce leaf.


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I've heard that spirulina brands can have different smells and flavors. I've only tried one, and I have to say that I agree with you, I don't like it. For me, it's more the gelatinous texture than the flavor. I will have to give your recipe a try. It might help me work my way through my supply as well. Thanks for sharing.

You can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish! hardyharhar.

I have a little machine and some capsules to make tumeric caps, you could do that w spirulina. It's a bit of an investment to get set up but it's worth it I think.

I think you are saying that you put tumeric in capsules and that I could put spirulina in capsules too. Hmmm. That seems like a good idea. Do you know what capsules are made of? How much of "an investment" was it for you?


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The machine was about $20 and vegan caps (not raw) were $20 for 1000 (they come in all kinds of sizes). It's really a neat little thing, you put the bottom part of the caps into little divots in a tray, pour the powder onto the tray and use a card to push it from one side to the other (so it falls into the caps) and then put the tops on. The kids LOVE to help .
You can buy spirulina already in capsules though, I would check on the price difference before buying a set up to do it yourself. For the organic turmeric it was way worth it.

To heck with spirulina...tumeric is the way to go! I just read a list of 20 health benefits for it:

[www.healthdiaries.com]

Thanks, coco.


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hee hee hee!

They are both pretty awesome ^_^ Im a fan of cinnamon too,lol

hi trive

why don't u just stick it in a smoothie

or a savory raw soup

that way , the flavor is just blended

sweet smoothie or savory

it blends nicely

Yeah, ain't smoothies great?
I hadn't thought about raw soups. Great suggestion.


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