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Default Rice-less Sushi

Julie Bove wrote:
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>> I recently bought some Yaki Nori, the large sheets of roasted/dried seaweed
>> used to wrap sushi. The main reason I bought it was for snacking. It has a
>> crunchy, chewing texture and if you roll it, it's like an all vegetable
>> beef jerky with a great ocean flavor. If you carefully choose your Yaki
>> Nori, you can get it without sodium and zero net carbs. The kind I found
>> has 1 gram of carb and 1 gram of fiber per sheet. There's also 1 gram of
>> protein. Some varieties have small amounts of sodium--4 mg. per sheet. You
>> can get 10 8 x 8" sheets in a bag for about $2 at my local Asian market.
>>
>> Anyway, now I want to try and make a rice-less sushi using riced
>> cauliflower and maybe crab or whatever.
>>
>> Anyone ever try such a thing?
>>
>> I've read of people on AFD ricing cauliflower, but I can only guess at the
>> technique.
>>
>> Any help appreciated.

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> I haven't tried it but it is a very common thing among raw foodists. They
> often use a nut cheese type mixture for protein in place of the fish, if
> they are vegan.
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Thanks, Julie,

I'm looking for a tasty, low carb way to bind the cauliflower together.
Can't decided whether to stir fry the cauliflower of go raw.