product endorsement...rice crackers!

I'm a dipper.  Since surgery, I have developed a love affair with pimento-cheese spread, chicken salad, tuna salad, smoked-salmon spread, spinach & artichoke dip and a host of other spreadable goodies (in moderation, of course).  It's a good way to get in some protein and has the moisture content necessary to avoid "stuck-ness."  Pre-surgery, I would have spread some of this goodness on a cracker.  But, my favorite crackers don't agree with me much anymore.  Just like bread, they tend to swell and I am guaranteed a good 30-minutes of burping, sliming, spitting & PB'ing afterward.

Enter, the rice cracker!  I first discovered these at Sam's Club and have since bought various brands from Kroger, Publix & Whole Foods.  Usually, they are labeled as simply "rice crackers."  Although they also go by "rice crisps," "rice snaps," and other such names.  The one's from Sam's don't even say "rice" on the package--they are labeled as "multi-grain cracker."

Any-whoozle, my point is that these don't produce, for me, the same effects as regular crackers.  They are drier & crispier and don't swell once they go down.  I still have to make sure that I chew, chew, chew in order to avoid the "stuckies"--but still, a wonderful alternative to traditional crackers for those of us who like to dip.

I get these at Sam's Club.

These are from Whole Foods.

This brand is sold @ Kroger.