Eat Sushi On The Cheap - Roll Your Own

My kids love to go out for Sushi, preferably kaiten-zushi, or revolving sushi, style where the sushi revolves around the restaurant on a conveyor belt or train.  While we were at Uwajimaya we decided we would try to recreate our favorite rolls at home.  Together we came up with a sufficient shopping list for our excursion:  Sashimi grade Salmon, Imitation Crab (for California rolls), Ebi (Shrimp prepared for sushi), Nori, Sweet Ginger, cream cheese, cucumbers and avocados.  After cooking our rice, we folded in a sushi seasoning mixture consisting of 5 tbsp rice vinegar, 4 tbsp of sugar and 2 tsp of salt whisked together. While we let the rice cool, we sliced our fillings into thins strips (including the cream cheese) and prepared our rolling mats.  We spent the next 2 hours creating and tasting our favorite sushi rolls as well as trying out new combinations.  Altogether our night of handmade food cost us half of a trip to a restaurant and provided us entertainment to boot.