Sushi

Just a quick tutorial on how I make sushi at home.  It's really good and inexpensive.  Enjoy!

I really like to use avocado, cucumber, crab meat [i just buy the seafood snackers or imitation crab leg at the fish section of the store] cream cheese and rice.  But you can use whatever you prefer!

The microwaveable sticky rice works really good for us.  I have made it with and without the seasoned rice vinegar but I prefer to use it

This is just a regular cucumber but you can use the English style cucumber if you prefer

The avocado I had for the demonstration was too ripe!  So I just left it out

Don't put too much rice on each nori sheet or it will not roll up very well.  You can also make the rice on the outside of the roll just add a bit more than I did here and flip it over and add the ingredients to the other side and roll

Roll the wrap forward and firmly to make everything stick together

Set rolled sushi aside on a clean plate

Wrap each roll individually and refrigerate until ready to serve

Serve with soy sauce, wasabi, pickled ginger or whatever you like. 

pumpkin fudge brownies

this simple recipe uses canned pumpkin in the place of vegetable oil and eggs for making brownies. you can use low calorie brownie mix and peanut butter to make this even healthier. 

the consistency is fudge-like but soo good!  

you will need:

1 box of brownie mix [your choice!]

2-4 tablespoons of peanut butter [also your choice, i prefer the Peter Pan honey roast creamy]

15-ounces canned pure pumpkin [for some reason i always buy the 20-something ounce can and use about half]

get a large bowl and put the brownie mix in

then the pumpkin...

stir together until blended

pour the mixture into a baking pan, i used an 8x8 glass dish.  use a little butter to grease the inside of the dish to help with sticking.

now the good stuff..

put a few spoonfuls onto the mix, you can do however much you like

swirl it around..  bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for about 30-45 minutes.  i can tell when its done by putting a knife in the middle and it comes out nearly clean.  and the edges start to pull away from the sides of the dish.

i usually let mine chill for at least 1-2 hours before serving. they are even better the next day.

^_^

 store leftovers in refrigerator!