Coconut Brown Rice and Watermelon with Feta

 Last night we had an amazingly good, healthy, dinner! I also found a good recipe to use up some of my sweetened coconut flakes that I had left over from some cupcakes I made awhile back. It sounds odd, coconut and rice but if you have ever had the chance to try sticky rice, a Thai dish, then you would totally see the two coming together in a delicious symphony. This rice is more of a side dish without such a sweet flavor but yummy! My husband even liked it! Another hubby favorite is the watermelon with feta and mint. Super easy to make and it is that season again for watermelon. I'm jumping up and down with excitement, you just can't see. ^-^. That's my jumping face. I love anything with watermelon! 

Coconut Brown Rice

I got this recipe off of the site skinnytaste.com. Love that website for some good, healthy, goodness. This is what you will need:

1 C uncooked brown rice

1 C coconut milk (I used the carton)

1 1/4 C water

1 tsp grated fresh ginger*

1/4 tsp salt

2 tbsp sweetened grated coconut flakes

3 tbsp chopped cilantro

1) In a heavy saucepan add coconut milk, rice, water, ginger, salt, and coconut; bring to a boil over medium heat.

2) Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until liquid has evaporated, about 40-45 minutes. Remove from heat and keep covered for 10 minutes. Fluff with fork and stir in cilantro.

Also what is great about this rice is you can mix in any vegetables, meats, or tofu to make it a main dish. Tonight I mixed it with baby portobello mushrooms that I sauteed in sesame seed oil and butter.

Enjoy!

*To keep your ginger fresh just pop it into the freezer and cut off knobs as you need them for cooking, who uses a whole ginger root at a time... not me!

Watermelon and Feta

For this salad just cut up 1 small seedless watermelon, add a container of plain feta, chop up some fresh mint and stir it all together. I also added a dash of Kosher salt. Yum!

My adorable kids at the new Elephant exhibit at the zoo!