a peek inside the fishbowl

I was at the grocery store at 11:30 a.m. the other day when I realized I was absolutely starving. My first thought was “I’ll just make a sandwich when I get home” which was immediately followed up by “wait a second, I am not eating bread right now, remember?”

I had to quickly figure out what I was going to eat, and I didn’t want to spend the extra effort to make a soup or something that was going to take a lot of time to prepare.

I remembered what we had for dinner the night before (broiled salmon fillets, a really delicious pasta dish, and stir fried vegetables) and realized there was a small portion of salmon left over. What could I make with it in under three minutes that would taste REALLY GOOD?

That’s when I had a huge a-ha moment. I could make a breadless sandwich out of it, or a riceless sushi roll, or both!

What would you call this thing? I guess it’s kind of a salmon roll. Kind of.

Forgive the photos, I was starving and drooling while I was taking them. It doesn’t look like much, but BOY:

.. was it good. It was however, impossible to roll. Oh well. It was delicious. Next time I will try to fold it this way, in a cone shape.

Nevermind that. Allow me to deconstruct. This roll consists of:

• one piece of nori
• a hunk of cold broiled salmon
• leaf lettuce
• one piece of green onion (it was going crazy on my windowsill)
• a sprinkling of fresh cilantro
• a tiny bit of soy sauce

I must make this again next time we have leftover salmon.

My other bread-less sandwich last week was ham and cheese. I used a large lettuce leaf instead of bread. I added a swipe of dijon and it totally did the trick. Behold:

I followed it up with a stuffed jalapeño pepper (it’s a treat with heat!), some flavoured water, and called it a lunch.

Now I need to put my thinking cap on and figure out what other breadless lunches I make for myself this week. I’m keeping track of them in a Flickr set as I go. The question is, how many can I do before I blow it? ;)