Sushi!
Justin and I made sushi for the first time last night. It turned out really well, and was so fun to make. It's sad that it took us so long to try it out! We will have to see how many of our friends eat sushi and maybe have everyone make their own rolls at the next get together.

My first one, ready to roll. Shrimp, carrot, green onion, celery.



Justin's first roll ~ shrimp, carrot, green onion, avacado.
He had a lot of trouble with adding too much rich and getting huge rolls.



Mine turned out pretty small, but I still don't like cramming that much food in my mouth at once & still ate them in two bites. Next time I want to work on making bite-size rolls, so I don't end up with half of the fillings per bite.

I got creative with my other roll & split it in half to try two new combinations. My first roll is on the right half (there is another layer of rolls under all of this). Top left we have my "veggies & dip roll", which is my favorite vegetable dip with celery and carrots. It wasn't bad, but you couldn't taste the dip much at all. I'd like to try a stronger sauce, like barbeque, next time. Bottom left is shrimp and pepperoni, which ended up being my favorite.



We bought some miso soup cups (since I've never found miso on its own) and had a fancy little meal.



Unfortunently I don't like eating sushi as much as I like making it. (It's good, but not one of my favorite foods) I do really like the idea of creating odd combinations though, like a Mexican themed roll with spanish rice, avacado, tomato, onion, etc. I'm not sure if the nori would work with the flavors, but if they can create inside-out rolls, I think I would be able to create a roll without using the nori.