Hi all,
I LOVE sushi and being new to the Zone, I would like to know if sushi is acceptable to eat. I usually have California rolls which have rice, seaweed, avocodo, cucumber, and crab meat in them. Also, I occasionally have a piece or two of salmon or tuna sushi. How would sushi fit into a block meal? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated <img src='desktopmodules/ntforums/images/emoticons/smile.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='Smile' align='absmiddle'>

I would omit the rice, and then eat other more favorable carbs along with your sushi.

Use Hominy (not corn grits) in order to substitute for rice since it has half the carbs of the rice.
Hominy and Garbonzo (Chick Peas), are both good to use because they have a low glycemic index.
Worst case, cut the rice by half and use the hominy in the other half.
For those who don't know both items take on the flavor of seasoning quite easily.

I think that the hominy might still be an unfavorable carb. But, if you can get more volume per carb, then it might work out as far as the texture, and you can still get more favorable carbs to accompany the sushi.

Thanks for the advice on the sushi! Very helpful!

Hi Emily!

Stick with the sashimi (raw fish without rice) and sides like miso soup with tofu (not with noodles), and sea weed salad. you'll need to eat carbs elsewhere, like maybehave an apple or some grapes or berries right after the meal.

Thank you! I am glad to hear that I can still enjoy sushi every now and again

You're welcome! I love it too! My local Whole Foods Market has a full service sushi restaurant inside. I get sashimi and soup or sea wees salad and grab some fresh beries in the store afterward.

Can someone tell me how many blocks does one piece of salmon sashmi contain?>

I love salmon sashimi. I don't know what portion of a block one piece would be, but here's how I deal with it. It takes 1.5 oz of uncooked fish to make a block. This involves a little guesswork because it's cut into pieces, but try to eat in total the amount that is a little larger than the the size and thickness of your palm and you will have the correct amount for a meal.

Riced Cauliflower can be substituted for rice in most cooked dishes.
Also you can also find Pasta and Rice made from Shiritaki or Glucomannan,
with essentially virtually no carbs.
One could probably, though a lot of work, cut spaghetti squash, too, and substitute for rice.

If you mean to substitute riced vegetables for the rice in sushi, I doubt it would work. Sushi is made with sticky rice that holds together when rolled or shaped. You're just not going to be able to get riced vegetables to do that.

Sashimi, on the other hand, is just plain old raw fish without the rice, and it's great choice for the Zone. Sometimes it's laying on top of a little ball of rice. You can either leave the rice, or ask for sashimi without rice when you order.

Perhaps one could use some egg whites to help get the riced cauliflower to stick together?