Build Your Own Sushi Bowl

- Build Your Own Sushi Bowl -

In my family, sushi used to be something that I was able to enjoy with my mom. The rest of my family must not have been comfortable with the whole eating raw fish idea. However, after one birthday lunch at a Teppanyaki restaurant a couple of years ago, the rest of my family jumped on the sushi train. Even now, my sister & I seem to land on sushi as our go-to dinner out. Recently, we discovered a restaurant where we can build our own bowl. Wanting to recreate this amazing meal at home (adding my own healthy twists to it, of course) I put together a build your own sushi bowl, framing it off of that same restaurant's menu. Reducing the amount of grains and loading up on veggie sides packs this bowl with more vitamins and minerals without hiking up it's caloric value. This recipe is extremely flexible, allowing for a multitude of different ways to prepare it based on your preferences. My sushi bowl includes brown rice, seaweed salad, shredded carrots, shredded zucchini, avocado, octopus, and chili sauce. Enjoy!

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Makes: 1 bowl

Ingredients:

Base (pick one):

1/2 cup of brown or white rice

1/2 cup quinoa

1/2 cup rice noodles

Sides (pick four):

1/2 cup of seaweed salad

1/2 cup shredded carrots

1/2 shredded zucchini

1/2 cup shredded jícama

1/4 of an avocado

1/4 cup edamame

1/4 cup sliced red onion

Protein (pick one, or a combination of a half serving of two):

8 oz shrimp

6 oz tofu

4 oz salmon

4 oz tuna

4 oz crab

4 oz scallops

4 oz squid

4 oz octopus

Toppings (pick up to two):

1/4 cup of kimchi

1/4 cup sauerkraut

1/4 cup of shredded pickled ginger

1/4 cup of jalepeños

1/4 cup of mango

2 TB chopped scallions

1 tsp sesame seeds

1 tsp hemp hearts

1 tsp wasabi

Sauce (pick one):

chili sauce (1/2 TB coconut aminos or soy sauce, 1/2 TB toasted sesame oil, 1/2 tsp lemon juice, pinch of sea salt)

Sriracha mayo (1/2 TB Sriracha sauce, 2 TB mayonaise, 1/2 tsp lemon juice, 1/8 tsp minced garlic, pinch of sea salt

Directions:

1. Cook your base according to directions, prep side ingredients, & cut up the protein into bite-sized pieces before cooking according to directions.

2. Combine base, sides, & protein in a bowl. Mix until combined.

3. Prepare sauce of choice & drizzle over bowl ingredients.