more complicated cooking

Last week I decided to try making sushi. I read a post on a forum where someone said it wasn't all that hard, so I thought I'd give it a try. I think I still have a long way to go before I can get mine to roll up as nicely as what you get at a restaurant or store, but they were pretty tasty, and a nice treat without paying $6 for a little snack.

Parker loooooves directions. She's looking at the rolling diagram on the back of the nori. (you knew I had 'help' with this, right?)

Pressing out the rice....

There's nothing Parker loves more than sprinkling. She's sprinkling black sesame seeds on the roll. We should have done this when it was flat, really.

The finished product:

They were very tasty. I used avacado, cucumber and (fake) crab sticks. The fist roll (pictured above) turned out HUGE because I used too large of a sheet of nori, but it still tasted pretty good. I did a few more, and added shrimp. It's tough not overstuff them with filling.

Lots of cooking

For some reason, I've been doing a lot of elaborate cooking (elaborate for me) lately. With help of course. Actually, most of what I do is assemble, but still, it's been complicated assembly.
First up was treats for the Pumpkin Carnival. My friend Holly made these and shared the recipe/assembly instructions. They are JUST as delicious as they look. The picture of the finished treats is actually Holly's picture...she did a nicer presentation.

They consist of the following ingredients:
Butter Crisp waffle pretzles, Hershey's Hugs (B&W chocolate), and Reeces Pieces .

You put a Kiss on each pretzel (I cut them in half...it was a better ratio for me), and put them in a 175 degree oven until soft looking, and then schmoosch them down with a piece of Reeces. Then pop them in the fridge for about 10 minutes to set.

The finished product. Holly used plain chocolate for some of them.

Next up....sushi!