I know what you’re thinking - rice cakes??
Surely there’s better to write about than rice cakes!?
When I do consults with people, such a funny point that gets made are ‘those foods that when you eat them, you know you’re on a diet..’
For me, that’s kale 🤦♂️
My wife calls them ‘space cardboard’.
Here’s the thing, rice cakes are one of the few crunchy foods in most people's diets that are gluten free, can go with sweet or savoury dishes, go great in soup, can be used as a spoon for oats, crushed and used as cereal covered in whey protein… ❤️💣
Rice is also a source of manganese that helps with carbohydrate metabolism and proteoglycan synthesis (helps with bones and ligaments) so when combined with other foods it has complimentary nutritional benefit. Rice isn’t topping any nutritional lists anytime soon alone but it has some benefits.
Each rice cake is only 27 calories and around 6g carbohydrate.
Very approachable!
You can put these toppers on anything, Jacob’s crackers, Ryvita, toast, cracker bread… but these topping ideas include 1 of your 10 a day for healthy snacking!
Houmous and Cucumber
3 rice cakes
75g reduced fat houmous
80g cucumber, sliced
sprinkle of sesame seeds optional
Slice the cucumber into the shapes that you wish. Feel free to remove the seeds if you are sensitive to lectins. Add sea salt. Set aside.
Lay rice cakes onto a plate and add 25g houmous to each one.
Add even amounts of cucumber to each.
Avocado and Mango
3 rice cakes
65g avocado flesh
80g sliced mango
sprinkle of chilli powder optional
Halve the avocado and remove the seed, with the skin still on, slice around the edge with a palate knife and add to a bowl with a pinch of salt and roughly mash together. Layer equally onto the rice cakes.
Peel and slice the mango then dice and lay on top of the avocado.
Banana Almond
3 rice cakes
24g almond butter
60g banana
sprinkle of cinnamon optional
Butter each rice cake with 1 level tsp (8g) of almond butter. Peel and slice 1 small banana and add the slices on top of the almond butter.
Strawberries and Cream
3 rice cakes
45g light cream cheese
60g strawberries
Spread each rice cake with 15g light cream cheese.
Slice the strawberries and add a pinch of sweetener or sugar.
Lay slices onto the rice cakes.
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