That's The Way The Sushi Rolls..

Yesterday Hubby and I stood in the Asian selection section at the grocery store pondering whether or not we could actually successfully create a delicious sushi for dinner. As a parent, you may know that it's all about presenting positive experiences to your children and hopefully engage them enough to lead them down a less familiar path eagerly.. in this, exploring the palette! Talking with Miss Tamar and Miss Willow while marinating the chicken and cooking the rice about what Sushi was, and what we were going to put in it. Knowing they really liked to eat chicken, and cucumber and avocado and rice - they were keen to see what it tasted like all together and wrapped in seaweed paper (Nori). that was the interesting part.. the Seaweed paper (Nori) So here goes -

 Teriyaki Chicken, Cucumber and Avocado Sushi Rolls

I brought chicken thighs and sliced into strips then marinated
in Teriyaki sauce,  cucumber peeled and sliced into strips
and then de-seeded, and avocado sliced into strips also..

Miss Tamar is spreading the cooled rice onto her Nori -  being
generous enough to lay it about 1cm thick. Making sure to leave
2cm at the top free for sealing the roll once layered.

Firstly placing a squeeze of Kewpie mayonnaise onto the rice,
 left to right, then adding her chicken, cucumber and avocado..

Miss Tamar has rolled her Sushi Roll..  Well Done!! :)

Her Sushi roll cut and ready to devour..

They look amazing don't they.. and they tasted just as good! Just to add to the experience, we all took turns to break open a fortune cookie and read aloud our fortunes!

The girls thought this was great, and Miss Tamar even took some left over sushi roll in her lunch box to school today! I would have to say - Positive experience reached! Things I learnt - The longer the sushi roll has been made before being eaten, the stronger the seaweed flavour comes through.. and If children are allowed to be a part of creating the dish, they are seeing what ingredients are being used and therefore more likely to enjoy eating what they have helped create! :)