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How can something so tasty also be so good for you? Probably my favourite food in the world, I love those ickle rolls of seaweed and rice stuffed to the brim with cucumber or pickle, a dash of soy sauce and a dab of wasabi. Yum. It is also fairly easy to make. Get some sushi rice, wash it and wash it until the rice water runs clear.

Heat it in a saucepan with the same amount of water for approximately 20 minutes and add a dash of rice vinegar. Leave the rice mixture to cool down (but not too cool - a mistake a lot of people make). When it's ready, take a piece of nori, spread a thinish layer of rice over the top two thirds, dab a dash of wasabi (not too much!) then some thinly sliced cucumber or avocado or salmon. Using a bamboo mat roll the whole lot together and use the nori left uncovered to secure it all together.

JF