And 'Healthy Sushi Secrets

Sushi was one of the most difficult to do without food, having decided to adopt a vegan diet. After all, my passion for sushi is one of the things that made me live in Japan first. And while Japan is known for the exclusive sushi restaurants, which costs $ 500 per person, even low-end sushi (as Kaiten or "belt" style) is fresh and inexpensive compared to other countries, makes it difficult to resist.

Recently, I had offers sayonara meat, eggs and dairy, IContinuation of Japanese carrier for sushi with friends and family. At first I ate the most varieties of vegetables, such as natto (fermented soybeans) and green onions, cucumbers, takuon (pickled radish), kampyo (dried gourd) and inarizushi (sesame tofu stuffed with sushi rice seeds and blacks).

As an omnivore, I have always considered not only Umai Sushi (delicious), but in good health than conventional convenience foods like sandwiches orBurger. But at some point it occurred to me that even without the fish, a restaurant or shop, sushi, was not particularly healthy for two reasons:

The first most important ingredient is sushi rice vinegar. Since going vegan, I was only eating foods made from whole grains away. I used to genmai (rice) at home for their nutritional benefits (three times the fiber, more vitamins and minerals) than white rice, and I could not agree to eat white riceSushi by a taste or a health point of view.

second sushi vinegar contains Katsuo Dashi (dried tuna). The other ingredients are used in sushi, such as cucumber, umeboshi (plum acid), and sauces are prepared with sushi vinegar and / or dashi. In fact, I recently discovered that the food sushi shops that do not contain powdered extract of fish is green tea!

I do not know why many people seem to have difficulty eating brown rice. Westerners eat or notwhile the Japanese, they like to eat genmai often say that mixed with white rice, seems to eat for its health benefits, rather than its flavor and texture, which actually prefer.

When I stopped eating at the sushi restaurant, I wanted to stay a vegetarian alternative, then we started Temaki zushi (hand-rolled sushi) genmai home with vinegar, nori (seaweed Laver) and various fittings such as the avocado flesh, Natto, Ume , slices of cucumber, etc.

IfThe time for special occasions, we fry the eggplant slices easily (Nasu), and eat sushi genmai well. Hot (Abura) and dipped in a little wasabi with soy sauce, it tastes as good as Otori (fatty tuna), UNI (sea urchin), Ikura (salmon roe) and other traditional delicacies of sushi ever done!

So if you think you can not begin to eat plant-based, it could never give up your favorite foods, think again! There are many delicious herbal alternatives ifafter the launch of the vegan way. I'm not a nutritionist - just a guy with tons of useful advice and encouragement for those offering the removal of meat and other animal products from their diet.

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