I’ve located a sushi mat! I originally thought Bed, Bath and Beyond would have them but they don’t. Most places I looked suggested I go to an Asian food store but I couldn’t find any in Longmont (I’m sure they exist, I just couldn’t find them). Eventually, I thought to call Whole Foods (sometimes also referred to as “Whole Paycheck”) and they have them!
My next project was to find sushi recipes. I know there are lots of recipes on the Internet but there are also a lot of bad recipes on the Internet and sometimes it’s hard to distinguish between the good and the bad. So, I surveyed my surrounding libraries and discovered that Longmont seemed to have the best selection of sushi books. I decided to put three on hold:
- Sushi for Dummies (the reviews specifically say they contain vegetarian recipes)
- The Great Sushi and Sashimi Cookbook
- Sushi Taste and Techniques
I’m hoping at least on of these has a couple of good vegetarian recipes in them.
Kiesa, please post any vegetarian Sushi recipes if you find them!!
I haven’t had Sushi for many years after becoming a vegetarian, but would love to try a vegetarian variant of it.
Sounds very interesting.
Sure :) I’ve made Vegetarian Sushi before trying to copy what we’ve eaten in restarants (Boulder is a wonderful place to live if you’re vegetarian). So far, I’ve made basic sushi rice (without any fish sauce of course) and then layered avocado, carrots and cucumbers and rolled them up in the seaweed. However, I’m hoping for better ideas from these books. A lot of people seem to include scrambled eggs in their vegetarian sushi but I really don’t like scrambled eggs so I’ve never tried it :)