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How To Master The Art Of Raw Vegan Sushi

Sushi masters spend a lifetime mastering this culinary art. Become a raw vegan sushi ninja with these hacks that will have you making your own tasty, healthy rolls at home in no time. Raw vegan sushi does not use rice. Instead, you can use cauliflower rice or spicy avocado spread.

Cauliflower Hemp Rice
1 large cauliflower, leaves removed
2 tablespoon fresh cilantro, minced
2 cloves of garlic
2 cups hulled hemp seeds
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 pinch sea salt

Assembling the Sushi
A professional blender will allow for you to create creamy dipping sauces and delicious fillings. A blender that has power and features like this Omega will perfectly pulverize your cauliflower for the rice. Start by adding cauliflower with olive oil until blended. You can use a spatula to mix the unprocessed cauliflower in between blending for about 30 seconds, alternating until smoothly blended. Add in remaining ingredients and do a last blend to mix.

Start off with a dry surface, such as a bamboo cutting board, and place your nori down. Spread your filling on the nori leaving a 1 inch flap with no filling on the end.

Add in your fillings. Some great things to add in are avocado, cucumber, grated yellow squash, sprouts, micro greens, cilantro, green onions, carrots, bell pepper, jalapeño or anything else that you might like, such as green apples.

Roll and dampen inside end of roll (the 1 inch part that does not have the filling on it). Dampen the outside of the roll with fingers in any areas where the nori is not adhereing to the outside of the roll.

Cutting the rolls is the tricky part. You can always enjoy the whole thing, like a hand roll. If you want artful rolls, a ceramic knife, such as Kyocera, will cut right through the veggies and tough nori without having to use excess pressure, which will could cause your sushi roll to lose shape or pull apart. The trick is to clean the knife in between each cut by dipping it in a bowl of clean water.

Please join our event to learn more tips, recipes, tricks, and practice creating rolls with other friends of HappyCow:

Raw Veggie Sushi + Music

Kiss the Ground Garden Benefit

September 25th, 6pm-9pm

Join HappyCow editor and vegan chef Tricia Eastman along with chef Mallori Simko for a class, dinner, and music (with suggested donation of $45-$60). For more information and tickets visit http://www.kisstheground.com/garden. All proceeds will benefit Kiss the Ground’s garden and the classes that the garden provides to homeless/low-income people. Special thanks to Omega blenders and Kyocera knives for contributing kitchen equipment to create this event that will support the community and green our planet!

About the chefs:

Tricia Eastman is a pioneer in the age of the “spiritual makeover” with a mission to inspire others to live healthier lives in every way. Eastman incorporates alternative healing modalities along with medicinal foods into her programs and coaching. To learn more about her work, please visit www.lovejuju.com

Mallori Simko is a culinary visionary who enhances standard fare by reinventing traditional recipes with highly favorable living food. Through creating harmony with the natural laws of the Universe, she develops plant-based, intelligent conscious cuisine using the ancient wisdom of food alchemy and regenerative well-being.