Sushi?

[stampingbella]

Hi everyone.. I am a VERY big Canadian Newbie. I am wondering if anyone else is from Canada? I signed up on bodyoptimise.com and this "way of life" seems to fit me to a "t"!
My question is.. since I see that rice is "free" and fish is free, it is safe to assume that sushi would be free? (fish and rice only) and if I were to add avocado to that, it woud count as a syn? do I have this correct?
You all seem to be such a supportive community and I can't wait to contribute more!
thanks again
Emily

 

[Wee Doll]

its not toally free as far as i know cause of the mirin and rice vinegar but i think the syn value is very low.


unless you jus make the sushi yourself without the above then it would be free

but yes adding advocado is syns

xx

 

[stampingbella]

its not toally free as far as i know cause of the mirin and rice vinegar but i think the syn value is very low.


unless you jus make the sushi yourself without the above then it would be free

but yes adding advocado is syns

xx

I thought that vinegar was free? (trying here..LOL):cry:

 

[mojomcl]

Yeah, don't worry, all vinegar is free. Sushi usually does contain a small amount of syns, but I think that's more becaue of things like small amounts of sugars, oils etc. added to the rice/cooking process. I ADORE sushi, and as I hardly ever use 'enough' syns, I quite happily stuff my face with it on the odd occasion I get the chance (living 50 miles from any source of sucsi does linit my intake, unfortunately ;-))

Have you used the search box, up in the top right? If you pop in 'sushi syns' you'll find quite a few sushi threads, as well as one very helpful on that has made very educated guesstimantes on YO! Sushi syns.

Hope that helps
xx

 

[cocktailprincess]

The reason why the majority of 'bought' sushi is so highly synned is because SW are a bit lazy with their syn values on EE.

Basically on the old 'green' days the fish was synned and on an old 'red' day the rice was synned- when EE came out SW told us to take the lower syn value of the two, but this doesn't really work with things like sushi.

I class most sushi as free- be careful of things like sesame seeds, mayo and occasionally sugar added to the rice (roasted seaweed also has a miniscule amount of syns, but I only count 1 syn for this for a good few portions of sushi), but if you know the ingredients are just fish, tofu, rice, veg and vinegar then go for it

 

[mandy296]

I don't know anything about sushi, but I do know that there is someone who posts on here who lives in Canada - she's called BritMuminCanada and can probably give you tips on free/low syn canadian branded products that you might not be able to find on syns online (or is there a Canadian Slimming world site, not sure?)

She also has a brilliant blog with loads of SW friendly recipes - google "Slimmingeats" and you should find it