Rice Cakes with Cream Cheese & Banana
Two textures and one knife. Ripe banana pressed into cold cream cheese on a crisp rice cake — sweet, tangy, and cracking in the same bite. 306 kcal with nothing to cook and nothing to time.
Two textures and one knife. Ripe banana pressed into cold cream cheese on a crisp rice cake — sweet, tangy, and cracking in the same bite. 306 kcal with nothing to cook and nothing to time.
Ingredients
- banana 1 piece
- rice cakes 2 pieces
- cream cheese, reduced fat 2 tablespoons
Method
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Peel the banana and slice it thinly.
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Spread cream cheese onto the rice cakes. Place the slices of banana on top.
Use a banana that is just yellow, not spotted. Overripe banana turns soft the moment it is sliced and slides off the cream cheese. A firmer slice holds its shape and gives you a clean bite with the crunch underneath.
Behind this recipe
Is this a good pre-workout snack?
47 grams of fast-digesting carbohydrate from rice cakes and banana with minimal fat makes this a quick fuel option before training. That said, a position stand from the International Society of Sports Nutrition found that for typical resistance training sessions, the exact amount of pre-workout carbs barely changes performance. The carbohydrates powering your workout come mostly from meals in the hours and days before, not the snack on the way out.
Read the full evidence reviewIs the sugar in the banana a problem for weight loss?
A medium banana has roughly 14 grams of natural sugar. Whole fruit does not behave like added sugar in the body. The fiber, water, and cellular structure of the banana slow digestion and absorption compared to the same amount of sugar from a processed source.
Read the full evidence reviewOnly 5 grams of protein — will this keep me full?
Probably not on its own. This is a carb-forward snack with 61 percent of its energy from carbohydrate and just 5 grams of protein. It delivers quick energy, not lasting fullness.
