California Rolls

Ingredients

• Sushi Rice 
• Nori (dry roasted seaweed), about 5-6 sheets
• 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced into long strips
• 2-3 avocados, peeled, pitted and sliced
• Imitation crab meat (easiest if it is in the sticks, but the crab pieces work too)
• sesame seeds

Instructions

• Lay the bamboo sushi rolling mat on a cutting board with bamboo strips going horizontally from you. Cover the bamboo with plastic wrap. Put a sheet of dried seaweed on top of the mat, shiny side down. Spread sushi rice on top of the seaweed and press firmly.
• Sprinkle sesame seeds over the sushi rice. Turn the sushi layer over so that the seaweed is on top.
• Place cucumber, avocado and crab lengthwise on the seaweed. Roll the bamboo mat forward, pressing the ingredients inside the cylinder-shaped sushi. Press the bamboo mat firmly with hands, then remove the rolled sushi.
• With a VERY sharp knife, cut the sushi roll into pieces.