Month: August 2007

Whenever Son visits his parents, his mom sends a bunch of food and fruit back with him. Recently, she sent a bag of jackfruit. I had never tried jackfruit before, so Son made me try some. It’s pretty good! It tastes similar to mango (I think), but not quite as sweet. Anyways, I had recently seen a recipe using jackfruit and banana (although in a cupcake) while perusing through a delicious looking cupcake blog (makes me want to bake more often!). So I figured jackfruit and banana make a pretty good combination, and I added imitation crab in because I wanted to add some meat into the sushi too. 🙂 Try it… it’s a pretty good combination.

We were on the front page search results for “sushi” today! For about an hour. Hehe oh well… it was pretty cool while it lasted and we are still pretty close! My goal is #1. Haha yeah, not gonna happen anytime soon, but I can dream right?

Also, we are working on the shirts! I promise! Neither Son nor I are graphic artists, so it is taking us a while to get a design… and we can’t afford to pay a professional for it. I asked my brother to do it (he’s 14, so you know he wants the money), but my daredevil brother promptly broke his collarbone and separated his shoulder… so a design isn’t coming from him. 😛 But don’t despair! The shirts are coming… eventually!

Ingredients

• 6 sheets nori
• 3 cups sumeshi
• 1 can jackfruit
• 3 bananas
• 1 cup imitation crab

Cooking Directions

1. Cook sushi rice.
2. Drain the can of jackfruit.
3. Slice the bananas in half, lengthwise.
4. Shred the imitation crab.
5. Roll the sushi, using jackfruit, half a banana, and imitation crab as your fillings.

A couple of months ago, my little sister, Kristen, left a comment on Crunchy Shrimp Roll requesting a roll with bacon, green onion, avocado and mozzarella cheese. So a week or two ago, I had all the ingredients so I decided to try it. It is really good! (Of course, any roll with bacon is good 😉 ) I’m sure she’s going to be mad at me because I didn’t go home and make it for her (don’t worry, I will eventually… if you are lucky it might even be before you leave!) 😀 Anyways, this roll is really good… definitely one you could use to introduce non-sushi eaters to the concept of different ingredients rolled up in sumeshi and nori!

Ingredients

• 6 sheets nori
• 3 cups sumeshi
• 6 strips bacon
• 6 stalks green onion
• 1 small avocado
• 2 mozzarella string cheeses

Cooking Directions

1. Cook sushi rice.
2. Fry bacon to the crispiness you prefer.
3. Remove white bulbs fron green onion stalks. Wash green onion.
4. Cut avocado in half, discard pit and skin. Slice into thin sticks.
5. Roll the sushi, using a slice of bacon, a stalk of green onion, several slices of avocado and half of a string cheese as your fillings.
6. Serve with wasabi and shoyu. Enjoy!