sushi rice salad + sesame spinach

You know how bad yesterday's meal was? That is how good today's tasted. Absolutely delicious.

First off, I made Low-Fat Moosewood's Sushi Rice Salad. Oh my goodness. You take brown rice, carrots, red peppers and cuke (I was out of cukes, though) and add a sushi-like vinegar/sugar mixture to it. In various bowls put chopped avocado, toasted and shredded nori strips, toasted sesame seeds, wasabi, pickled ginger, chopped krab and whatever else things you usually eat on your sushi. A person takes the rice salad and then adds the toppings to it. Much less cumbersome than rolling sushi and just as delicious! Serious eyes-must-be-closed-to-savor-the-yumminess deliciousness.

The side was Japanese Sesame Spinach. I got to use my mortar and pestle. Fun, fun, fun. Take toasted sesame seeds and grind them up with some sugar. Add soy sauce to the resulting paste and stir into the spinach. Very, very good. And added arm-workout bonus!