I didn't appreciate until I grew older the inarizushi that my mother packed for me for lunch. Inarizushi is known as "brown bag sushi," made of a sweet bean curd pocket stuffed with white sushi rice. It keeps well and is perfect for long trips! I took my inspiration from kurigohan (Japanese chestnut rice) that is popular in Japan in the autumn and shiitake gohan (Japanese shiitake mushroom rice). I filled my inarizushi with plenty of kabocha and shiitake to make a filling dinner on a recent plane trip. It's bite-sized finger food at its healthiest.

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