Our family loves to eat sushi.  However, we do not like to pay for sushi.

We were feeling adventurous earlier this week and decided to try our hand at making our own sushi. Seaweed is the key ingredient, and it is quite inexpensive.

We heated it up in the oven for a few minutes.

Meanwhile, we cooked up some rice. After a little research, we found that a little rice vinegar and a little sugar make the rice sticky.

Then the concoctions began. We had filling ingredients like cucumber, red pepper, crab meat, avocado, tuna, salmon, and cream cheese as options.

Peter took charge right off the bat.

Ruthie enjoyed “cleaning the counter” as he went along.

Then Derek stepped up to the plate to create his own sushi roll.

He put a little of everything in his, affectionately calling it the Loaded Joe.

We laid all the rolls out on the table so we could each sample all of them.

Aren’t they pretty? Peter–always conscious of the presentation–curled some cucumber skin and arranged it with some pickled ginger.

Fun!

Tasty!

And easy on the grocery bill!

When we finished the meal, the food artist in Peter was awakened, and he asked if he could make some fruit pizza for dessert.

Um, yes.