Sushi Ninjas
I’ve had all the necessities to make sushi (nori, sushi rice, rice vinegar, and wasabi paste) sitting in my kitchen cabinets waiting to be used for months. Tonight we decided to put the ingredients to good use and make up some vegetable rolls.
I’ve made sushi before with my roommate in college, but it’s been a while. Plus Isaac had never done it- so it was fun rolling together for the first time.
Each roll had sushi rice, avocado, carrots, cucumbers, and sesame seeds.
My first roll turned out teeny tiny. From this picture you can’t tell but I think the roll was probably the size of a nickel. I kept telling Isaac how cute I thought the mini roll was. I’m totally the girl that thinks everything mini/sample/small size is cute. I take that back, not everything. (i.e. mini cooper- not so much)
Here’s the full platter of sushi that Isaac and I shared.
There was a lot! And, we didn’t end up finishing all of these pieces.
But we did save room for dessert sushi with bananas, cinnamon raisin swirl peanut butter, and carrots.
I have to give Isaac credit for these, because they were his idea. I ate the first one normally, but then decided that the flavor of the nori wasn’t complementary to the sweet innards, so I unwrapped the others. Surprisingly it wasn’t a messy process- the seaweed unwrapped easily and the sticky rice kept the rolls in their circular form. The combo was quite delish!
Back to the grind this morning! Before heading into work I made a delicious new smoothie with mango, banana, and chia seeds.
I think I’ll call it the Leopard Smoothie.
My house is turning into smoothie queen and I’m lovin it. My traditional breakfast of warm oats just seems a little much on a hot summer day and the smoothies I’ve been creating have been keeping me full, so I’m happy.
The Leopard Smoothie
1-2 cups frozen mango chunks
1 banana
1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1 tablespoon nut butter of choice (I used better n pb)
Put all ingredients into blender and blend until smooth. Pour and enjoy!
Smoothie Queen – you have a new business venture there, for sure!! And a sushi place as well
Happy Monday!!
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Oh wow that dessert sushi is so creative and delish sounding!
haha Love your leopard smoothie
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I’ve never had ANY sushi but yours looks incredible! I love the dessert sushi
Your grrrrrr, baby leopard smoothie sounds fantastic. You are the smoothie queen these days!!
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I love making veggie sushi – so so so good!
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Nori and banana?
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It wasn’t that bad. Don’t knock it til you’ve tried it.
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hooray for fun sushi rolls and an excellent time rolling them! dan and i love sushi make’n night – it’s our favorite! totally gonna have to try making some dessert rolls, too. sticky rice has one with sweet potato, sesame seeds, and honey – we ask for no honey and drizzle on agave nectar @ home – so good! your leopard smoothie is so pretty, and the combination sounds awesome! smoothies are the best! yay!
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mmm . . . I’ve never made sushi before, sounds like fun! Loved the dessert idea too. I’m going to have to try the chia seeds in a smoothie, have you made pudding before? I’d like to experiment with them
-kristen
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what fun!!! i’ve been dying to try making sushi!! these look great!
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Those sushi rolls came out gorgeous! I have never thought to try making them at home. I will definitely have to try this. I love your blog by the way, so fun!
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Love the sushi! Especially the dessert sushi! Restaurants should try that too.
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Your sushi came out looking great–mine always falls apart but I just grab a fork and dig in. And I kind of like the sound of that dessert sushi. I love salty-sweet desserts
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Good job on the sushi! I made sushi once many years ago, and it was so much fun. I need to do it again!
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I love making dessert sushi! I dip my Nori in sugar free jams daily! Love your leopard smoothie! It looked like lemon poppyseed! Oh have you tried poppyseeds yet? FABULOUS!
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HAHA leopard smoothie!! that is too awesome B!
loves it.
also diggin the huge plate of sushi! you go girl!! that aint easy!!
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Sushi! Dessert sushi even. I wonder what you could use in place of the nori to make it a little more dessert like – sounds like a fun idea
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Beautifulsushi–so professional!
I also love that leopard smoothie: cute name, and I bet it tastes divine!
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I love sushi! I just had some for dinner. I feel the same way about mini things! They’re all cute, no matter what it is.
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I absolutely love sushi! What a great post! I will have to try to make my own!
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Oh dessert sushi sounds like an amazing idea! But I guess the seaweed factor would make it less so with the oceany taste. I wonder if rice paper wrappers would work?! Maybe a dessert spring roll! Now I’ve gone and made myself really hungry…
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Dessert sushi – that’s awesome! I’ll have to tell my sister about that. She makes sushi all the time but I’ve never heard of dessert sushi! But why not?!
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