Rice Cakes, so very versatile
Rice cakes are so versatile. Because they don’t really taste like much – not sweet or salty, you can eat them as is, or use it as a basis for you sweet or savoury healthy snacks. We don’t always have time in our busy schedules to drop what we are doing to go into the kitchen to make our daily snacks. Here is a healthier way to turn this all-round ‘vessel’ into a masterpiece. This recipe is perfect for those types of weeks. These rice cakes are easy to prepare in advance – it takes about 15 minutes. And once you have done your prep, you are all ready for the busy week ahead.
About Dark Chocolate
This recipe helps you to jazz up your rice cakes in a healthier way. The ‘darker’ the chocolate, the more cacao solids, in other words, less sugar, oils and other additives. Therefore it is the healthier option. So, please use the best quality dark chocolate you can get your hands on. You want a healthier snack, not a dessert. 😉
Dark chocolate has a lot of antioxidants and some minerals. Chocolate does, unfortunately, contain a lot of kilojoules, especially the chocolate with lower a cacao solid percentage, so if you are going to eat chocolate often, try to consume a very dark chocolate.
Tip: If the melted chocolate gets ANY contact with water, it WILL seize. It will instantly become solid, grainy, and no amount of heat will melt it again. It will then be unusable as is and you will have to start with a new chocolate bar. Be sure to use a dry microwaveable container – glass is preferable to plastic. Do not use a wooden spoon to mix the chocolate. Use a completely dry and clean stainless steel teaspoon.
If you are like me and you find it really hard to throw out any chocolate, even if it is seized, you can add some hot cream to the seized chocolate and change it into chocolate ganache. Turn this extremely unfortunate situation into a mini chocolate fondue for your favourite fruit to be dipped in. 🙂
Just a friendly reminder that Friday 16 June is Youth Day and Father’s Day is on this coming Sunday, 18 June. I hope you will all be showing your father some love on Sunday. Have a wonderful long weekend!
Ingredients
- 8 Large Rice Cakes
- 1 Dark Chocolate Bar (80g)
- 25ml Sunflower Seeds
- 25ml Pumpkin Seeds
- 5ml Chia Seeds
- 5ml Flaxseed
Instructions
- Toast the sunflower and pumpkin seeds over medium heat in a dry pan. Every now and then stir the seeds around. The pumpkin seeds will start to pop. The seeds will be toasted once they turn slightly brown. Remove from heat and let it cool down.
- Mix all of the seeds in a small bowl.
- Melt the chocolate in a microwavable bowl. Stir the chocolate every 15 seconds with a clean, dry teaspoon. When it starts melting, stir the chocolate every 10 seconds until melted and smooth.
- Spoon more or less a teaspoon (5ml) of melted chocolate on the rice cake. By using the back of the same teaspoon, smooth the chocolate to the edges of the rice cake.
- By using a teaspoon, carefully sprinkle the seeds over the chocolate along the edges of the rice cakes, making a wreath-like decoration. Do one rice cake at a time.
- Once you have done all of the rice cakes, leave them aside for the chocolate to solidify.
- Store the rice cakes in an airtight container for a few days.