One reason I’m so interested in food is that I’m hungry all the time. I need to eat 5 or 6 times a day or I get faint and wobbly. Besides breakfast, lunch, and dinner, I end up eating a snack in the morning and 2 snacks in the afternoon. On a really busy afternoon, I sometimes have to settle for one snack, but I end up very grumpy by dinnertime. I’ve been told by a nutritionist that if I would eat more protein I wouldn’t get hungry so soon after eating. I nodded politely at her advice, but in my head I was thinking, “Honey, I could eat steak and eggs all day long and I’d still be hungry.” This is just how I am.
This rice cake stack is a lifesaver for me on a busy day. I don’t need to turn on the oven or plan ahead, and it’s ready in two minutes.
Ingredients:
Brown rice cake (brown rice should be the only ingredient listed on the package)
2 tbs. sunflower butter or nut butter
¼ cup chopped fruit
1 tbs. flaxseed meal
Spread the sunflower butter on the rice cake, then stack on the fruit. Sprinkle with flaxseed meal and you’re on your way!
I like crunchy snacks, and this snack makes a rice cake more appealing! Speaking of being hungry, I also heard protein will help fill you up, but what about healthy fats? If you eat something like a half cup of avocado (or peanut butter,mmm!) do you think you’ll feel more satisfied than if you eat the same amount in fish or lean chicken? (If anyone else can contribute, I’d love to hear your take on this!)
I think you’re on to something. I felt more full than usual after eating your fabulous chocolate avocado mousse for dessert the other night. I’m hearing a lot about healthy fats lately. It’s something I will definitely pursue.
This would be a good snack to sprinkle chia seeds on too.
Great idea!
I know how you feel! When I get too hungry I get hangry- hungry/angry! Lol!!
I love it! I’ll have to use that one. “Stand back, kids, mommy is hangry!”
This is a great twist on a rice cake! I *have* to have some kind of protein in the morning (peanut butter, hard boiled egg, or even lunchmeat if nothing else is handy) or by lunch I am starving and suffering with a headache. No amount of cereal, grains or carbs will cut it for me although I am experimenting more and more with Quinoa. It’s been doing me well at lunch time in my salads so I may start looking for ways to incorporate it in to some breakfast meals.
Protein can be tricky at breakfast, especially when you’re looking for variety and you don’t want to have eggs every morning. Let me know if you figure something out with the quinoa.