Vegan sushi

 

Nori

Cucumber

Avocado

Tomato

Sushi rice (grown in CA)

Roll

Here are the spices in the tomatoes...1/2 tablespoon soy sauce or tamari,  1/2 teaspoon minced ginger,  1/2 tablespoon sriracha, 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil, 1/2 tablespoon kelp powder

For the rice (at the end of the cooking cycle) 1 tablespoon rice vinegar, 2 teaspoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt

See http://www.carrotsandflowers.com/vegan-sushi-tomato-spicy-tuna/ for the full recipe, the beautiful pictures, and the directions.  

I was intimidated, but it really was pretty easy.  

Oh, you need a SUPER sharp knife for cutting you sushi.  Fortunately, Nick got me new ones for Mother's Day.  (I need to blog about them.)  Natalie, Tia, and I loved this and can't wait to make it again!

 

Watermelon!

 

little one

 

~29 hours later! 

 

A bigger one.

 

 A very little one.

So excited!

The garden in July

 

We have beans, artichokes, zucchinis, corn, tomatoes and sunflowers.  They are all very happy and tall. 

Zucchini

 

It's that time of year again!  

This year, I made a roasted zucchini hummus instead of a raw zucchini hummus.  All I did was slice the zucchini, brush it with olive oil, and then roast it for about 40 minutes.  When it cooled, I made the hummus with the recipe on the previous page with the slight exception of cutting back on the tahini.  

We've also made zucchini bread (3x I think) -- Nick's specialty, roasted zucchini with pasta sauce, and a raw hummus.  The zucchini hummus (roasted or raw) is a very good pasta sauce!  

I'm looking for more zucchini recipes.  I have 2 very large ones sitting on my calendar.  Maybe my friend wants one (or two).  

In sad news, our apricot tree isn't doing so well and we didn't get any apricots from it.  Well, I guess we got about 10, but that's pretty sad considering we were getting so many a couple of years ago.