HUGH Sushi and RICE fan. Help?

mandahq

I love sushi and rice. I could eat it all day everyday. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions how I still might be able to keep this in my diet and not over in calories. I cant eat the brown rice. It just taste like cardboard to me.
Also I have IBS which elimates the use of anything spicy, peppers, ginger, cabbage, corn(can have very little), and have to avoid citrus stuff.

Also have I have trigeminal neuralgia which doesnt allow me to chew harder foods. like steak, pork chops and anything tough like that.

Any ideas?

Thanks

eating4balance

Take some cauliflower florets. Put it in a food processor and chop until a rice consistency. Scoop into a bowl and cook for 3 minutes.

Replace the rice in your recipes with cauliflower rice... YUM!

suzooz

Take some cauliflower florets. Put it in a food processor and chop until a rice consistency. Scoop into a bowl and cook for 3 minutes.

Replace the rice in your recipes with cauliflower rice... YUM!

Ditto -- I use the cauliflower "rice" to reduce the calories on my orange chicken recipe. OK -- still has a number of fat grams, but cures the craving and saves me a TON of calories vs. Panda Express!

BJC78

I LOVE sushi too! I just make sure I "save" enough calories if im planning to eat it that day its one thing I AM NOT willing to give up....the key is everything on moderation

AlsDonkBoxSquat

one maki roll and miso soup

mandahq

We have an all you can eat sushi buffet in my town. Its my favorite Restaurant. is there a website I can use to roughly figure out how many calories are in certain rolls. I was thinking if i eat more of the fish by itself then the rolls. It would save more calories.

hikeout470

What is the web site? I have not had sushi yet on this program, but I really love it. One of my favorites is the super white tuna sashimi. No rice, and no topping necessary, it is very good.

sonjalucia

I heart sushi as well!

I ditched the rice and eat all the sashimi such as spicy tuna, salmon and tako (octopus) sashimi.

The other things that are GREAT for you is the seaweed salad, Gomae-e (spinach salad) and sunomono salads.

Miso is high in salt... unless you water it down. Not really worth it IMO since there are way better things on the menu.

Also a lot of places (depending on where you live) have low-sodium soy sauce -- always worth the try to ask.

eating4balance

We have an all you can eat sushi buffet in my town. Its my favorite Restaurant. is there a website I can use to roughly figure out how many calories are in certain rolls. I was thinking if i eat more of the fish by itself then the rolls. It would save more calories.

Sushi SURVIVAL Guide! (from hungry-girl)

http://www.hungry-girl.com/biteout/show/1951

As major sushi freaks, we thought it was time to round up all of our best advice for a night at a sushi restaurant. You can totally have your crab roll and eat it too...

Starters

Instead of diving straight into the fish, have these items first...

Miso Soup - Super-low in calories and always delicious. Plus, studies have shown that people who start their meals with broth-based soup consume fewer total calories overall. A cup has around 70 calories, 2g fat, and a PointsPlus® value of 2*.



Sunomono - A simple salad mostly consisting of sliced cucumbers and rice vinegar. Tasty, light, and a great way to keep from filling up on heavier items. A 1-cup serving has about 50 calories and a PointsPlus® value of 0*.


Edamame - A 3/4-cup serving (still in the pods) of these tender little soybeans has around 120 calories, 4g fat, and a PointsPlus® value of 2*. Plus, shelling the stuff is kind of a project (a "snacktivity," as we like to call it) -- it'll slow you down and prevent you from shoveling too many beans into your face.


O****ashi - Made from boiled spinach and dressed with a bit of sauce and sesame seeds, this is a pretty low-calorie item. On average, it has 50 calories, 1g fat, and a PointsPlus® value of 1* per cup. It won't get you into any trouble.

Know Your Extras


YES! Wasabi, soy sauce, seaweed, and pickled ginger
NO! Too much mayo, cream cheese, and various oils

Mayonnaise and cream cheese often appear inside the various rolls. If a menu item you really want lists mayo as a component, ask (politely!) if it can be made with less mayo than usual or none at all.

No-No Words:


"Tempura" - Don't fall for it -- tempura means battered and deep-fried. Sure, sometimes the tempura is made up of otherwise lean items like assorted veggies and shrimp, but we all know that deep-frying can ruin even the most virtuous foods.


"Spider" - A spider roll is stuffed with tempura-style crab (and what have we learned about tempura?) and frequently involves spicy mayo. Yeah, it sounds good, but so do fried Twinkies. Skip this one. (Spiders are creepy anyway...)



"Dynamite" - Though it sounds pretty tempting (DY-NO-MITE!), resist. Chances are, anything called "dynamite" is gonna be fried and loaded with a spicy mayo-based sauce. Don't do it. (If this DOES sound super-tempting, check out our shrimpy swap!)


"Crunch" - It's the same deal as at fast-food joints -- "crunch" means FRIED IN LOTS OF OIL. This word will get you in trouble (unless it's referring to the crunchy, non-fried veggies that garnish the plate).

Sweet on Sake?


With around 40 calories per ounce, sake is higher in calories than regular wine, which has about 25 calories per ounce. But sake's also served in smaller portions. Those li'l sake cups generally hold about 2 ounces, which would come to about 80 calories and a PointsPlus® value of 3* per petite sake cup. Just don't get too crazy...

Things We LOVE


"Light" Rice or Brown Rice - When we say "light" rice, we don't mean low-calorie grains or anything like that; it's a special request (ask nicely!) to have less rice in your roll than usual, which means fewer calories. You can also ask if it would be possible to sub in brown rice -- lots of places have it these days, and extra fiber rocks. If your group just orders regular sushi (fish sitting on a lump of rice), you can always eat the fish and leave the rice. OR you can order...

Sashimi - Sashimi is just the fish, people. It's typically very thinly sliced and weighs less than half an ounce per piece. With 15 - 30 calories and about half a gram of fat per piece, a 6-piece serving of assorted sashimi will have about 130 calories, 3g fat, and a PointsPlus® value of 3*. Which is AWESOME. TONS of protein!

Cucumber Roll - Not only is this a good choice for those people who aren't down with the raw fish thing, but it also has impressive stats. A 6-piece cucumber roll usually has only about 130 calories, less than a gram of fat, and a PointsPlus® value of 4*.


Spicy Tuna Roll - So yummy and kinda decadent without being over-the-top. Made with a small amount of mayo, a 6-piece roll has around 220 calories, 4g fat, and a PointsPlus® value of 6*.


California Roll - This avocado-enhanced roll will cost you around 300 calories, 8g fat, and a PointsPlus® value of 7* for a 6-piece serving.

mandahq

Thanks I will def try the seaweed salad and look up some of my favorite things. One of the hardest things will to be to cut down on my soya sauce intake. I love soya sauce.

I think the best thing to do is to grab a menu from them and plan my meal. It'll be hard because my friend and I share alot of things and most would not be healthy.

Also I think Im going to try and make some sushi and home using riced cauliflower. see how well that works. then maybe I can just stay at home and eat it.

milaxx

I love sushi and rice. I could eat it all day everyday. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions how I still might be able to keep this in my diet and not over in calories. I cant eat the brown rice. It just taste like cardboard to me.
Also I have IBS which elimates the use of anything spicy, peppers, ginger, cabbage, corn(can have very little), and have to avoid citrus stuff.

Also have I have trigeminal neuralgia which doesnt allow me to chew harder foods. like steak, pork chops and anything tough like that.

Any ideas?

Thanks

If you don;t go crazy with the sushi, having it on occasion is okay. Limit the soy sauce since that's crazy salt. I can;t eat hard foods on the left side cause of neuralgia either or bite apples and pears.

If I go for sushi, I get one veg roll (6 - 8 pieces), miso soup, a veg w/ garlic sauce or edamame. It's pretty filling and all within limits.

deanie0515

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rankailie

Brown rice is significantly better if you get it cooked properly. I hated it until I got a zojirushi rice maker now I prefer it over white rice which just tastes bland.

Brown rice should have the same texture/consistency as white rice and the only difference should be a slight nutty flavor. If its chewy or otherwise thick or tastes nasty it was probably cooked improperly. It could also be stale/poor quality brown rice.

I guess what I'm saying is, try brown rice, cooked properly and you might actually like it. There is a sushi place near me (we have a lot actually) that does brown rice sushi and its amazingly good, but they also make their rice really well.

mandahq

i keep seeing bump! what does that mean? and I'll have to try brown rice again maybe it was just not being cooked right before but i think it was being cooked right

healthycajun

A friend told me about a website called Miracle Noodle.com. I have ordered a sampler pack and waiting for it to arrive. It is made of shirataki and is suppose to be filling and can be used with your own type of low-cal sauces.

mandahq

So tonight I grated some cauliflower and steamed it. 1/2 cups =88 calories, added 1/2 tbsp of butter= 33 calories and added some soya sauce. Not as good as white rice but I think I can live with it as a substitute most of the time.

AllieB

I LOVE sushi too! I just make sure I "save" enough calories if im planning to eat it that day its one thing I AM NOT willing to give up....the key is everything on moderation

I do the same. To good to miss out on.

twinkle1074

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smilinsuzanne

I make a "california roll salad." because I love sushi and rice too. You can google it and get various recipes, but I pretty much just make up my own. I take romaine lettuce and cut up some thin slices of cucumber and carrots. Then I add some imitation crab meat. I also use maybe 1/4 cup of cooked brown rice (sometimes I don't even add it!). For the dressing, I combine a little wasabi paste with rice vinegar and lite soy sauce. If you want a particular recipe, go ahead and google "california roll salad" but I've found that eyeballing it works well too good luck!

mandahq

I make a "california roll salad." because I love sushi and rice too. You can google it and get various recipes, but I pretty much just make up my own. I take romaine lettuce and cut up some thin slices of cucumber and carrots. Then I add some imitation crab meat. I also use maybe 1/4 cup of cooked brown rice (sometimes I don't even add it!). For the dressing, I combine a little wasabi paste with rice vinegar and lite soy sauce. If you want a particular recipe, go ahead and google "california roll salad" but I've found that eyeballing it works well too good luck!

That sounds good. Maybe I'll make that for my mom. Im not a fan of crab or brown riced lol.

RachelLovitt

I also love sushi, but I just go for the sashimi. I sometimes crave some rice, but usually the fish is what I really really want! I might have to try the cauliflower rice for other dishes, however!