Hand-rolled Sushi with Lomi Lomi Salmon

With so much lomi lomi salmon I made yesterday, I made a couple of hand-rolled sushi. Our shiso leaves were ready, so I added them inside the rolls, too. They made such a nice snack before dinner. All you need is a little sticky rice with rice vinegar and a sheet of nori. 

Lomi lomi salmon sushi with shiso leaves

Hand-rolled Sushi With Lomi Lomi Salmon 
(For two)

4 Tbsp cooked rice, seasoned with rice vinegar
2 Tbsp lomi lomi salmon
4 shiso leaves
1 sheet nori cut in quarters

Lay flat 1/4 sheet of nori and two shiso leaves on top of toni. Spread rice thinly and top it with lomi lomi salmon. Roll into a cone shape sushi. Shiso adds such a nice aroma.

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Vegetable Garden Updates (16)

Below is the first Husky Cherry Red Tomato that finally turned red. It took awhile for it to turn red, but the first one is always special. One of the cucumbers was also ready to pick. It looks like the perfect size for pickling. I am so happy that the cucumber plants are doing so well this year. I never had a good luck with them before. I think the tomato cages are helping them to grow taller and healthier. There will be two more cucumbers ready in a few days.

What a perfect pair!

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Guava Yogurt Shake

The Hawaiian-themed postings continue. We made a delicious shake with a couple of ripe guavas. I didn't add any sweetener this time, but I recommend some honey or agave nectar when you blend it. A little bit of sweetener acts like a binder and gives you a nice thick consistency.

Tropical shake and a hula shake

Guava Yogurt Shake

2 ripe guavas cut in quarters 

1 cup pineapple chunks

1 Fuji apple peeled and seeded, cut in quarters

1 cup almond milk

1/4 cup Greek yogurt

1 Tbsp agave nectar, optional

Peel the guavas and an apple and cut in quarters. Put all the fruits in the juicer. In the blender, add almond milk, yogurt, guava juice mixture and agave nectar. Pulse till nice and creamy.

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Lomi Lomi Salmon with Taro Chips

Lomi lomi salmon...Hawaiian ceviche

When we went to Hawaii, one of the many pleasures on the island was to venture out to find good local stores that sold tasty poke and lomi lomi salmon. Each grocery store had its own seasoning, and we would just sample them out. It is nice to dine at the fancy restaurants, but there is something to be said about trying out the local everyday dishes. You can learn so much about their culture from their food. Anyway, we are looking forward to discovering new lomi lomi salmon and poke from the next trip there.

Bland by themselves but great with lomi lomi salmon

Aloha!

Lomi Lomi Salmon

1/2 lb smoked salmon diced small
4-5 Roma tomatoes diced small
2 stalks green onions sliced thinly
1/2 sweet onion diced small
1 Tbsp sake, optional
1 lime squeezed, optional 

I used the smoked salmon because I found a pack of smoked salmon trims on sale, but normally, you would get a piece of fresh sashimi-grade salmon and salt-cure it over night. Smoked salmon works just fine, though. Combine everything in a bowl and chill in the fridge until ready to serve. Taro chips go great with this. Another idea is to make a hand rolled sushi with this. Maybe I can try that in the next post.

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