Spoonful of Sugar Free

Registered Dietitian

Rings on my Fingers and Bells on my Toes

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Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross
To see a fine lady upon a white horse
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
She shall have music wherever she goes…

 

These were the rings I made as gifts for all my female friends and family for Christmas. I made them with wire and beads. What do you think? Would you wear one? Maybe I could giveaway one….hmmm….

Anyways, here is a recipe I have been keeping in my photos folder for a long time.

Baked Coconut Forbidden Rice Pudding

~This rice pudding is dairy-free, gluten-free, and, of course, sugar-free!

Serves 6

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup cooked forbidden rice (also known as black rice)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened, shredded coconut
  • optional: 1/2 cup chopped dates or raisins
  • optional: 1/4 tsp nutmeg

Preheat oven to 350*. First, whisk together the eggs, milk, and vanilla. Then, mix in the rice, coconut, and dried fruit and nutmeg (if using). Pour mix in a 1 1/2 quart baking dish. Put this dish into a 2 qt baking dish, and pour hot water in the 2 quart dish. Bake for 30 minutes, or until knife comes out clean. Serve warm or chilled.

Health Benefits:

  • Coconut-Coconut is widely misunderstood because of it’s high fat content; however, coconut’s saturated fat is made up of medium-chain fatty acids. These medium-chains are easy to absorb and digest, and are converted quickly into energy. This means that the body has no opportunity to store the medium-chain as fat. Coconut is also a great source of dietary fiber with a whopping 5 grams per oz.!
  • Forbidden Rice-Forbidden rice is a black rice that turns slightly purple when cooked. This gives the short-grain rice a rich, nutty flavor. It has 5x more flavonoids than regular white rice, and is a great source of anthocyanin antioxidants. It is an anti-aging agent, and has 10g protein and 4g fiber per 1/2 cup.

Thought-provoking, mind-prodding question of the day:

When you were a child, what was your favorite comfort dessert your parents or guardians made you?

My favorite comfort dessert was always a stovetop pudding. I loved it when my mom surprised me with a homemade chocolate pudding, rice pudding, or tapioca. I loved skimming the film of the top of the pot, and curling up under a blanket while I watched my favorite cartoons. The perfect comfort food for winter, and when I was feeling under the weather.

 

 


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  5. I LOVE the rings!!!!!!!! They’re perfect for summer!

    I can’t wait to try this out. I’ve never ventured out to try black rice yet. This is exciting.

  7. I would wear one of those rings! They’re so colourful and cute! And that pudding, that’s the picture I asked you about 😛 It sounds delicious 😀

  11. I think the rings are pretty. My comfort food dessert made by Mom is banana pudding! Or as we say in the south nana puddin! Good stuff for sure!!

  12. My comfort food is popcorn. It tastes good and can be guilt free… unless you don’t want it to be and you load with yummy butter and salt!

  13. Those rings are beautiful! So bright and colorful. I’d wear one 😛

    That pudding also looks tasty I’ll have to try to make some like this that’s vegan 🙂

  15. Beautiful rings! And this forbidden rice dish looks amazing! Never had forbidden rice, but just might have to try it now!

    My mom made the best carrot cake bars and banana bread 🙂 YUM!

  16. Those rings are gorgeous, love them!

    Forbidden rice, haha, what a cool name! That alone makes me want to try this! I love the nutrition content. I once made rice pudding, it turned out very god! We added dried cranberries and almonds, sooo good!

    • Ummm…I don’t really know! I don’t buy it that often because I only use it for certain dishes. I don’t think its too hard to find. Look in the bulk aisle or the rice section! Sometimes they call it “Chinese Black” rice, too!

  20. I’ve never heard of forbidden/black rice, but this looks delicious!

    By the way, can I ask you something wordpress-related? Your blog is one of the ones that I get an email notification from if you reply to my comment – how do you set this up (when a reply is made to a comment the user has left on my blog, an e-mail shall be sent to the user to notify them of the reply)?

    • Well, it isn’t really wordpress’s doing…I always reply from my email account. I get a notification whenever someone comments on my blog, and I reply to the email from there. Then, I copy and paste the person’s email into the sent box. That’s it really!

      I have a question about your blog….I always try to click on your blog name, but it says the blog is ‘not active’ could you give me your address so I can check it out?

  21. those rings are so cute! homemade gifts are the best.

    i love rice pudding! i went through a phase awhile ago where i ate rice pudding (sugar free of course!) for breakfast every morning. i’ve never tried forbidden rice though! i’ll have to get that soon.
    my favorite comfort food from my childhood is probably my mom’s chocolate chip cookies. they were so good! and she made them so often. 🙂

  22. oh my gosh i haven’t heard that rhyme in years! love the rings, what a great idea 🙂
    my favourite pudding? probably apple crumble…we didn’t have pudding all that often so when we did it was a real treat!

  23. My favorite dessert prepared by my mom was definitely “jello cake”….white cake with holes poked in it with a fork, and jello powder mixed with hot water and dumped over the cake so it soaked in…then frost with whipped cream. Sugar shock!

  24. that is one thick baked pudding!! just the way i love it and the way my mom made hers for us growing up. did it have that nice skin on top that is a tad chewy yet so delicious?… especially when the deeper you scoop down the softer the pudding consistency is!!!

    i have a whole bunch of spider rings i got for halloween. sometimes i still put one on each finger just for fun..then just wear them around the house or whatever hehe <3

  25. I love those rings 🙂 I think you should def give one away… I’m all about the color!

    My mom never cooked when I was younger but I do always remember sugar cookies and fudge at Christmas time with my grandma! That rice pudding looks great… I’ve never had rice pudding. I’m deprived

  26. i wrote to you before :).. and Alex, you’ve got to be the sweetest blogger ever:)… ps: i make the southeast asian version of rice pudding and most of my friends love it. how genius of you to adapt it for your diet 🙂

  27. I loved this recipe! It’s exactly the style of rice pudding I grew up eating, thank you so much for the (healthier) dish of nostalgia 🙂 I ate the entire recipe in two days… whoops!

    I posted photos and my very minor tweaks to your recipe here (I couldn’t hack zero sweetener. One day, I’ll be hard core like you!) Thank you!

    Forbidden Rice Pudding on A Teaspoon and A Pinch

    • Sara,

      thanks so much for trying it! Glad you liked it…off to check out your post!