Wakame with its tender dark green fronds has a pleasing mild flavour and is versatile and easy to use in soups salads and vegetable dishes simply soak cut into suitably sized pieces and add to your favourite dishes it is especially delicious sauted with onions or served with blanched greens it combines well with fish baked in foil and is delicious added to a cucumber and citrus salad with a vinegar dressing wakame shares many of the nutritional benefits of its close relative kombu alth