Beating the Prices of Eating Out - One Meal at a Time Series 1 - 1 Sushi-ish Rolls and a few other quick hacks for sushi feasting at home and not take out

 

Sushi-ish Rolls and a few other quick hacks for sushi feasting at home; without the price of take out. 

Been finding out that everything at the store is starting to cost, nearly as much as eating out, and eating out has taken a decline in quality and taste and upwards in prices. A family of five that we are, we really feel the pinch.

One of our favorite meals is sushi - well more towards the California rolls and using imitation crab and tuna in the can. The fresher stuff is okay, but not to our tastes. Feel free to substitute where you like. 

At our local Publix Store, they roll their own sushi rolls (cut into 10 dials) that is usually for 7.95-9.95 depending on if you get the one with the crunchy topping. They also use brown rice for the same types and it is a dollar more for the brown rice.

Today, I took 2 1/2 Cups of brown rice, rinsed and put in my rice cooker with around 4 cups of water. When it was done, I spread it out on a large sheet pan and carefully lay it all out, to cool. While cooling taking about 1/2 cup of rice wine vinegar and pour all over the top, sprinkle lightly with you favorite sweetner and then slowly with a spatula toss gently until all coated and spread out again on the sheet pan. Letting the entire batch cool. When cool, you can use or I put into the refrigerator for use later in the day. 

Then comes the hunt for your filling.

Tuna fish in the can - drained and mixed with mayo and sirachi

Imitation crab - pull apart 

Crusted Coated Shrimp - From Aldis and made in airfryer. - If you would like that crispy crunch.

Cream cheese - I pre-cut in long strips 

Carrots -shredded (pre cut at publix0

Cucumber - thin slices. (for the fold up type, I made thin dials)

Green Onion - thin strips

Nori Sheets for the traditional roll up.

Nori snack sheets just for a little finger food size. 

Be sure to get some wasabi (it just gives you a little kick )

and always pick up some sweet pickled ginger it is the best little palate cleanser. 

These can work like the ones at Aldi's also for that crunch. 

The traditional way to roll it is to get a sushi mat and cover with seran wrap and then lay the nori sheet down and fill and roll. I am usually making so many that I kinda forget that part. It does however make a tighter roll. SO you can google that and watch on youtube.

I did this time three different ways, a traditional roll/ a fold up/ and using the nori snackers.

The nori snackers were actually my favorite way to eat it. The snackers gave you more of a crispy seaweed snack. 

The traditional way. 

Then this one is the crispy shrimp one.

 

This is the fold up one. Cut a up the middle of the bottom quarter. Then fold up. 

This is the spicy tuna roll.

These are the small nori snack ones. This was my all time fav this time. 

So to sum up the stats of this sushi rolls. 

I used 2 1/2 cups of brown rice  (est 1.00)

1/4 cup of rice wine vinegar   (est .25)

1/4 cup of sprinkled truvia    (est .25)

crunchy shrimp (4.99 pkt 10)

Imitation crab 1/2 pk (they sell a 1.25 pkt at Walmart that would have been plenty)

2 cans of tuna in water (est 3.00)

Siracha (?)

Lite Mayo(?)

Shredded Carrot (est .50)

3 small cucumbers (est .50)

1/4 of cream cheese (est 1.00)

I made atleast 9-10 rolls.

Publix sells theirs for 10 crunchy rolls

and the reg California for 8. 

and for brown rice a dollar more

So if I had bought them in the store that would have been over 100 dollars. At home - 12.00 give or take.

I made them so I know what the ingredients were. I also could make them any style and have sushi in hot second if we wanted it.

I wanted to share ways that we are beating the prices, here at my house. Yes, cooking and making from scratch is a lot of time, planning and work, but in reality the food is of a better quality and fresher. If you ever need to save money first take a look at your food budget.

I will coming back hopefully every week to share a new thing we are doing at our house, to beat that dollar.

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Louise