I pride myself on using normal "everyday" ingredients in my recipes but there are one or two "weird" items I use sometimes... Kelp is one of them.
A friend of mine who follows a strict salt-free diet turned me on to kelp. (She uses it as a salt alternative). I'm not one for salting my foods, but I like kelp because it has a fishy taste.
It's the "secret ingredient" in HH's Mock Tuna Salad . It's what makes the whole thing taste fishy. If you want a fish taste without the fish, kelp is where it's at.
What is it? Kelp is a sea vegetable. I know, that doesn't exactly sound appetizing, but it's delicious. It's granulated like a spice so you never feel like you're eating seaweed or algae.
Kelp is also an excellent source of iodine .
Where can you get it? health food stores, whole foods market, some stores that sell supplements and other vitamins, online ( Amazon ). A canister (like mine in the video) is usually only a few dollars and it lasts a really long time. They're well worth the investment to be able to make HH's mock tuna alone!