Two successes in one night!

The first things I put on my list of 101 were cooking goals.  Things that I like to eat but either can't get easily or don't like the super calories that are in them.  One thing I can't get in Sonoma is Japanese food -- and coming from San Francisco, gosh that's killer!

Take two:  Miso soup.  My first try was... not so hot.  Actually, it was TOO hot (harhar) because I over cooked the miso paste which ruined the soup.  So this time, I bought the wakame (seaweed) and tried again.

 Wakame - it looks like tea leaves, add lukewarm water and voila! Hydrated, yummy, chewy green stuff!

 Oh lame, the iPhone camera didn't turn out well!  Well, trust me, this was SO much better than the first time! The miso did the awesome... settling thing... that miso does and the green stuff was perfect.  I didn't have the right broth -- dashi -- so it still wasn't 100%, but close enough to get a CHECK on #8!

Next up:  Sushi!  We went to a fish market in Napa and got tuna, albacore, and cobia (we hadn't heard of that one, but it looked reasonable!), we also picked up some crab meat and avocado.

 

We wanted to make some rolls.  Good ol' Whole Foods had nori wrappers.

Edible Ocean Plant -- sounds... yummy?

 

Squishing the rice on to the nori on the bamboo roller.  

It was harder to spread than I expected!  

We didn't get to soak the rice for an hour, as suggested.  Do you think that mattered? 

Our Nigiri

 Look at those knife cuts!  Good work, honey!

The finished result!  Look at all those rolls - inside AND outside rice! Nigiri, sashimi!  We're so fancy!

We've got some areas of improvement for next time, but definitely a resounding CHECK on #7!

What's your favorite sushi roll?  Anyone want to come over and make some more??