Frugal Sushi

So, caveat: I'm a white lady, so I hope this doesn't come across as cultural appropriation. I just love sushi so much and it's expensive to get it from a restaurant more than 1x per month. Plus, I'm in a deeply landlocked state and sashimi grade salmon is expensive here at a fish mongers.

I recently realized after taking a sushi making class that I could have been making sushi rolls at home THIS WHOLE TIME and it's actually a pretty frugal lunch??

In the class, we used canned tuna/salmon (for liability purposes on their part), and it tasted pretty good!! I went to the local Asian grocery store and picked up sushi rice ($8 for ~5 lbs I think) and nori paper (a few dollars for a packet of 10), and filled it with avocado slices and a spicy (canned) tuna mixture. It's now my hyper fixation meal and I'm OBSESSED. Easy enough for a quick lunchtime meal, and so satisfying. I think each meal comes out to about $3-4 (I used most of the canned tuna in one sitting). I'm so excited I get to have more sushi in my life multiple times a week, instead of just 1x per month. Highly recommend!

ETA - I was just concerned about appropriation because I didn't want it to come across like I thought of using canned tuna, which I'm sure is very standard. I mostly felt dumb for not having thought of it sooner and figured there were others like me out there. 😆♥️ I'm so so glad I live in a time where we can all be inspired by and appreciate all types of cuisines.