Recipe: High-Protein Brown Rice Pudding

I made this a few weeks ago (and again this morning) and it turned out really well; it's a modified Weigh****chers recipe and I figured out the stats for it in both the "WLS" diet form (see the substitutions below) and the WW form. It sounds complicated, but it's really not; it took me less than half an hour from start to finish, including cooking the rice for the recipe.... I hope y'all enjoy it! High-Protein Brown Rice Pudding 1/4 cup sugar (or sub 1/4 cup Splenda) 2 cups fat-free milk 1/4 tsp salt 1 egg plus 3 egg whites (or sub 3/4 cup ff egg substitute) 2 tsp. lemon zest (don't skip this; crucial for flavor!!!) 2 cups cooked brown rice (I use Uncle Ben's Instant Brown Rice) 1 scoop unflavored protein powder (I use Any Whey; Unjury is good, too) Combine sugar or Splenda with the milk and salt in a saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a simmer and then reduce heat to low. Place eggs or egg substitute in a bowl and add 1/2 cup of the warmed milk mixture to the eggs; beat to combine. Pour egg mixture slowly into the milk on the stove and stir constantly until the mixture is the consistency of pancake batter, approx. 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat, strain through a sieve to remove any "scrambled egg" bits that may have formed, then whisk in the protein powder. Stir in the zest and rice, and cook for about 5 minutes to warm through. Remove from the heat and divide evenly among four bowls. Makes four 1 1/2 cup portions. Tips: Make sure the rice is pretty soft when it is cooked; I usually make my rice a little al dente (firm) and for rice pudding it didn't work . Good flavor, weird texture. The pudding tastes best topped with 1/2 cup of fruit such as blueberries, strawberries, bananas.... get creative! WW website had theirs topped with blueberries, which is how I did it; YUMMMMM! The fruit isn't calculated into the nutritional info below. And it is good either warm or cold. I liked it warm for breakfast and chilled for dessert.... this morning's batch is totally reserved for my desserts . Nutritional Information WLS Version: 240 calories, 2g fat, .75g sat. fat, 34g carbs, 2.1g fiber, 16.5g protein Regular Version: 252 calories, 2.6g fat, .8g sat. fat, 43.5g carbs, 2.1g fiber, 14g protein Both times I had to go with the sugar instead of Splenda because my husband keeps using it all, so if anyone tries it with Splenda, let me know how it is! Love, Raquel

Raquel, This sounds really good. I will try it with splenda. Is the carb stat with sugar? I will let you know how it turns out. See you lighter. Joanne

Hi, Joanne! The carb stats on the WLS version are with Splenda; the "regular" version is with sugar. Let me know how the Splenda version turns out! Love, Raquel