California Roll Sushi

Adapted from medicine.net. California rolls are a typical introduction to sushi. And they are yummy!!

Add crabmeat , light cream cheese , light mayonnaise , and green onion to small food processor and pulse or beat until nicely blended.

Turn a burner of your stove to low flame or low heat.

Wave a sheet of nori over the heat to soften slightly.

Lay the sheet of nori on a bamboo sushi roller.

Dip your hands in warm water , and use them to spread a cup of hot , sticky rice on the nori , leaving a 1-inch border on each long side.

Spread about 1 / 4 teaspoon wasabi paste in a horizontal strip down the middle of the rectangle of rice.

Arrange a heaping 1 / 4 cup of the crab mixture down the center of the rice rectangle.

Arrange avocado slices down the center as well.

Roll up the bamboo mat , pressing forward , to shape the sushi into a cylinder so that the two long edges of the nori meet and overlap slightly.

Press the roll firmly inside the bamboo roller.

Remove roll from the bamboo mat and wrap it with foil or plastic wrap and keep in refrigerator until needed.

Repeat with rem.

crabmeat, light cream cheese, light mayonnaise, green onion, nori, sushi rice, avocado, wasabi paste, light soy sauce