World cooking: Wales: Lavercakes; lamb cawl; & welshcakes

laver seaweed

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: nori

Spinach offers a similar texture and is more accessible.

buttermilk

🥗Healthier: yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + vinegar

Yogurt maintains creaminess while reducing calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is heart-healthy and adds flavor.

Forage laver seaweed from the coast, ensuring to do it at low tide.

Dry the harvested laver seaweed in a dehydrator.

Boil the dried laver seaweed with a bit of vinegar for a long time to help pulverize it, cooking for about 8 hours until it becomes pureed.

Mix in oats and buckwheat flour to the pureed laver until it reaches a stodgy consistency.

Fry the mixture in bacon fat until it darkens, being careful not to burn it.

Serve the laver cakes warm, traditionally with bacon.

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