Rice cakes have always meant one thing to me-deprivation; deprivation of all things good, that is. I used to eat rice cakes when trying to cut back on my bad mini-candy bar snacking habits. Nothing about a big, chunky rice cake is appealing: it crunches into a big mess on your shirt, it tastes like cardboard, and not to mention the fact that it’s not that healthy. It’s just carbohydrates. I’m not one to snack on celery sticks or non toasted almonds but I want to enjoy at least some of the healthy foods I put in my mouth!
While shopping for my next days’ salad ingredients, I wanted a quick snack after my LifeTime visit. I speed walked by the bags of Reeses pieces, paused at the string cheese sticks, and lingered around the mixed nuts and dried fruits. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted them, the aforementioned rice cakes. But the sale item next to the rice cakes were these big bags of Quaker bite sized Multigrain Fiber Cakes with Blueberries! Also, there were so many to choose from. I chose the healthiest ones; the blueberry ones, but the cheese, chocolate, and apple cinnamon ones were pretty tempting. With 110 calories per 15 (rather large for bite-size) pieces, 12% daily fiber and 0 trans fat, cholesterol and saturated fat- I couldn’t pass them up.
