Sushi In A Bowl- A Perfect Summer Meal

It's summer, it's hot, and I want easy light meals. 

One of our easy favorites? It looks like a salad but it is actually 

Sushi in a bowl -

Why a bowl of sushi verses sushi rolls?  

I like to try to roll it but it takes too much time and effort

 Instead, I simply assemble many of the sushi ingredients and eat them in a bowl. You get all the taste and flavor without the hard work!  

It is delicious topped with some gluten-free soy or tamari sauce, gluten-free peanut sauce or even some salad dressing of choice.(There is rice beneath the vegetables in the sushi bowl photo)

There are many ways to make a sushi bowl using a variety of ingredients over rice. It's a matter of what you like- that's what you use. 

Make It Your Way

To the basic bowl, I sometimes add some of the following :

• Tofu  
• Avocado slices 
• Asian spices 
• Sesame seeds
• Fresh ginger 
• Edamame
• Pickled radish
• Cucumber slices
• Nuts or seeds  
• Sliced red cabbage
• Shredded carrots (I always use them)
• Scallions
• Red onion
• Red or yellow pepper slices
• Cooked sweet potato cubes
• Freshly squeezed lime
• Cilantro
• Basil
• Dandelion greens
• Baby spinach 
• Mushrooms 

The base in always brown or white rice and we always enjoy it with a ginger soy dressing or another dressing.  It's one of our favorite summer meals. These sushi bowls are colorful, gluten-free, and healthy.  

I recently was reminded of making sushi bowls when I read a post for vegan sushi in a bowl on a wonderful blog that I follow regularly called Simple Gluten Free Kitchen (link to her site) published by Balvinder. Balvinder's post motivated me to share my sushi bowls too.