2009/05/27

Quite Possibly The Best Snack Ever…Goodness Rice Cakes

Seasoned Rice Cakes — Goodness Rice Cakes

Simple, quick and amazingly delicious. I have been making these for years and I can’t get enough of them. I often find myself going 3 or 4 weeks without making them; I make a batch; and then I think – Why am I not making these everyday?!

These Goodness Rice Cakes are crunchy, salty and just Darn Good! They go perfect with a sandwich, soup or just by themselves. Put them in little baggies and you have the perfect lunch or road trip snack for the kiddies. We all love the guilty pleasure snacks come from the fryer. Once you start making these, you may not purchase another bag of Ruffles or Frito’s again.

I’m starting to drool thinking about them…so let’s make the Goodness.

Rice Cakes

You’ll need a bag of rice cakes, of course,…

ooh, a plastic bag

and an empty plastic grocery bag.

give me a break

Gently break up the rice cakes into the plastic bag. Hold a couple rice cakes in your hand and press softly in center of cakes with your thumbs. This should break up the cakes into about 3 to 4 pieces each.

The star of the show

Now the stuff of Goodness, the seasoning mix

2 tablespoons Nutritional Yeast
1 tsp Modern’s Spike (please do not substitute sea salt, the Spike is a must have for the Goodness)
1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

finger mixing

Use your fingers and mix the seasonings together. This breaks down the yeast flakes into powder which will spread better on your rice cakes.

all mixed up

The seasoning mix is all mixed. Let’s combine everything together.

add olive oil

Drizzle 1/3 cup of Olive Oil over the broken rice cakes. Make sure to use a good quality Olive Oil, not the cheap stuff. I prefer Middle Eastern (preferably Lebanese) Olive Oil over Italian. It has a more delicate and fresher taste without that briny olive punch I seem to get from the Italian varieties.

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