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Graveyard Rice Pudding Parfaits using RiceSelect™ Royal Blend® with Quinoa!

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ricepuddingIt’s no shocker that I’m a total carboholic.  I love the stuff. I could easily polish a plain baguette for dinner, and I always get multiple servings of any grains at the table, be it rice, pasta, or more bread.  It’s my kryptonite.  My poison.  My cherry on top. Enchiladas are basically nothing without the tortilla. And those people who choose to eat burgers without the bun–not for a gluten reason, but just as a preference–you make my heart cry.

So when it comes to rice?  I lurrrrve the stuff. We used to have rice as a kid all the time.  I remember being OBSESSED with rice pilaf out of the box growing up.  We ate it so much that my mom had to begin buying multiple boxes for one dinner because my siblings and I would fight over the third-and-fourth-helpings of rice.  It was just so perfect–the perfect texture that held its firmness even after it was cooked–and lent such a nice bite yet a very mellow flavor to anything it was mixed with.  It managed to be both the star of the dish while also letting the other flavors shine through.  It’s basically like a magic grain!

From Japanese sushi to American jambalaya, rice is such a versatile grain that is essential in many global cuisines.  Every variety has its own distinct flavor, aroma and texture.  RiceSelect™ knows that creating the most delicious dishes possible starts with choosing the right rice.

When RiceSelect asked me to create something using their Royal Blend® with Quinoa, I immediately flashed back to My Strange Rice-Pilaf Addiction days.  But rice pilaf is so predictable and I’m a dessert blogger, so I knew I had to stretch my mind a little larger than my enormous love for rice pilaf.  Alas, I remembered someone brilliant in history invented rice pudding, and I was determined to create it since — *shocker* — I’ve actually never had it.  Maybe I thought my heart couldn’t expand to any other rice product, but man, I was wrong.  Rice pudding, quite possibly, could be my new favorite! The Royal Blend with Quinoa is a unique grain combination of Texmati Light Brown, Red Quinoa and (isn’t this the coolest name ever?!) Freekeh.  The delicious flavor of Texmati® combines beautifully with these two ancient grains; quinoa, with its slightly nutty flavor, and freekeh, with a subtle smoky flavor, adding visual and flavorful appeal to any meal!  (And also, you can tell people you ate super freekehhhh, yoooowwwwww). DSC_0271AAnywho, back to this pudding business.  I mixed the Royal Blend with Quinoa rice with some fluffy Cool Whip, creamy chocolate pudding and some crushed Oreos to create delectable chocolate pudding parfaits.  And with Halloween around the corner, I spookified them by adding gummy worms and candy bugs and bones which are fun ways to decorate these parfaits for the kids and encourage them to eat their grains 😉 Dig in!! DSC_0281A

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Graveyard Rice Pudding Parfaits
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 6-8
 
Dig inside of these spooktacular chocolate rice pudding parfaits made with RiceSelect Royal Blend with Quinoa for a nutritious twist on a classic dessert. For being healthy, they taste frighteningly sinful!
Ingredients
  • 1 cup RiceSelect Royal Blend with Quinoa
  • 2 cups water
  • Dash of salt
  • 1 tub (8 oz) Cool Whip Free, thawed
  • 1 small box sugar free/fat free instant chocolate fudge pudding
  • 1 cup fat free or low-fat milk
  • ¼ cup miniature chocolate chips
  • 1 pkg Oreo cookies, crushed into coarse crumbs
  • Gummy worms
  • Candy bugs, candy bones, candy eyeballs
Instructions
  1. First, make your rice: in a medium saucepan, bring together the Royal Blend with Quinoa, water and dash of salt together; bring to a boil. Stir once and cover with a tight fitting lid. Let cook on low heat about 20 minutes.
  2. Once rice has cooked, remove from burner and let it cool a bit to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Once cool enough to handle, spoon the rice into a gallon-size Ziploc baggy. Seal all the air out and place the baggy into a large bowl filled with ice water. Let it chill in the ice bath for about 20 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, in another large bowl, whisk together the pudding mix and the milk until combined. Gently fold in the Cool Whip to incorporate, stirring in the mini chocolate chips at the last second. Finally, fold in the rice carefully.
  4. Let the rice pudding sit in the fridge for a few hours or overnight to allow the rice to soak in the flavors and so everything can get acquainted.
  5. Spoon the rice pudding evenly among parfait glasses or bowls. Top with the crushed cookies, gummy worms, bug and bone sprinkles and eyeball sprinkles, if you'd like. Serve immediately.
  6. For a more grown up version, consider spooning the mixture into martini glasses and topping with chocolate syrup "spider webs" and a raspberry garnish.
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*recipe adapted from Something Swanky DSC_0264AAdmittedly, I was kinda scared the pudding would taste, well, rice-y.  But after letting it set overnight (which I think is the KEY to a successful rice pudding!!) allowed the rice to kind of soak in all that chocolate and milk and softened the texture a little so it didn’t remind me of the same rice I’d have in my beloved pilaf.  It was soft, still maintaining a nice bite, and married so nicely with the creamy chocolate fudge pudding.  I loved that this Royal Blend with Quinoa blend added some nutrition to the pudding — the heart-healthy quinoa and the unique freekeh added such subtle yet delicious background flavors — that complex nuttiness — to the pudding.  It almost tasted like Nutella!


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Good luck, and have a freekeh day!! 🙂

xo, Hayley

 

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  1. What a fun idea, Hayley! I’m a carboholic too – and with the gestational diabetes, I haven’t been able to indulge as much as I would like! I’m ready to dig into all things carby! 😉

    Honestly, I’d love to use this Royal Blend just as a nice side dish! A girl can only eat so many sweet potatoes (one of the few carbs that doesn’t make my blood sugar crazy!)

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  9. I would make a stir fry with lots of veggies. I have been wanting to try Quinoa, so this would be a good way to give it a try.

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  19. I think I would make ‘Mummy’ burritos with the I would most like to try Texmati light brown rice variety

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  21. Oh man, I don’t even know! That looks amazing though, and since I’ve never really cooked with quinoa before, I’d have to look up some recipes and figure out what to try!

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  28. Boy do you have one creative mind! I think as freaky as I might get is baking it with cubed squash, vegetable broth and kale!

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  40. I have several rice salad dishes that this would be perfect for. Then I would add some roteserie chicken to it. Perfect.
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  48. I would love to try out the quinoa blend with my beef and broccoli stir-fry!

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  49. I’d definitely like to try one of the whole grain blends. I’m not very creative, but this recipe looks fun!

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  54. Our family would like the Light Brown Rice with Flaxseed with smothered chicken breasts, great way to add fiber!

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  60. Royal Blend with Quinoa and use this for rice dishes or a made up side dish from scratch. I would love to have something different for sports parties.

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  69. I would start with the Royal Blend Whole Grain with Texmati Brown & Wild Rice and smash it into some chicken

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  70. I would get ‘freekeh’ with RiceSelect’s Royal Blend with Quinoa by making these awesome pudding parfaits and topping them with candy corn, marshmellows and a big plastic spider. Too fun thanks for sharing this one.

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  74. I love Quinoa and usually have it sweet with some brown sugar in the mornings. Using it in the blend for Rice Pudding is an awesome idea! Maybe I could make that and trick my son and parents into eating some!

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  92. How fun! I never would have thought of that! I’d probably use it for something less interesting to look at, like the Chicken Salad recipe they have on their site 🙂

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  98. i’ve actually never had quinoa, i would try making it with vegetables, not that freaky but exciting enough for a first foray

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  102. i don’t have a clue! I’d probably make some boring side dish – totally love your recipe though – i ‘m just not very creative like that

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  111. Don’t know how freekeh I would get, but my boyfriend is Korean, and he’ll try anything new with rice, perhaps in a stir fry.

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  116. I would get ‘freekeh’ with RiceSelect’s Royal Blend by mixing it with some veggies and adding chicken to make an awesome stir fry 🙂

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  125. I would get ‘freekeh’ with RiceSelect’s Royal Blend with Quinoa by stuffing some poblano peppers with it and adding some black beans and corn.

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  134. I would get Freekeh by Making an adult graveyard rice pudding cup by adding alcohol to it. Nothing to extreme, like baileys to add to the flavor of the pudding and not contradict it. Perfect for an adult Halloween party(:

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  136. I usually just use white rice, so I would have to search for some new recipes to try out with these products.

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  137. I would make a pistachio rice pudding and top each with a little whipped cream with a gummy eyeball that I found over Halloween sitting atop.
    My kids would love it !

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  143. What a spooky and fun rice pudding. Love it. I would get ‘freekeh’ with RiceSelect’s Royal Blend with Quinoa by cooking up some blackened rice with the Royal Blend. Adding some black beans and dark color lentils for more fun. 🙂

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  151. I’d love to try the RiceSelect Royal Blend with Quinoa either in my chicken and rice soup or in stuffed peppers. I know it’s not very high on the freaky level, but it sounds yummy lol

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  171. I wish a had a great idea like this one! I am not a creative baking/cooking novice so I would use it as a side dish with chicken.

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  182. I think I would like the Arborio Rice, I have some recipes it would be perfect for, especially a great rice pudding recipe I have

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  185. i would like to try the RiceSelect Royal Blend with Red Quinoa first. i am working on getting more quinoa in my diet and this would be perfect for me. i like to make chicken and rice and this would be perfect for that.

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  212. i am going to try and make this for the kids.maybe leave it on the bar see how long take sthem to notice and eat it! looks so much fun.bet this was great at halloween!

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