Thai Coconut Cashew Rice ?

    

            How often do you have rice with a meal?  For us, it’s fairly often!  Sometimes it’s the family favorite stick of butter rice, or just plain old white or brown rice.  But none of those compare to this incredibly delicious Thai coconut cashew rice!  There are so many great flavors and textures going on.  The creaminess of the coconut rice goes wonderfully with the crisp carrots and cabbage, salty, crunchy cashews,  the freshness of the herbs, and the spiciness of the sriracha peanut sauce!

 This recipe nearly didn’t get posted you guys… not because it’s not amazing, because it totally is… but because I’m having some Mama issues.  We enrolled our kiddos in a summer camp put on by our daughter’s old preschool (and where our son will be attending preschool as well).  Our daughter (who’s 6), is loving it, having a blast each day she’s there.  Our son however (about to turn 3), is having SUCH a rough time with it.  He’s been home with me up until now, so that’s all he knows.  I know it’s good for him… to be around other kids his own age, to spread his wings a little, be around the teachers, and learn new things.  But he just doesn’t understand what’s going on and I can’t help but feel awful.  Like I’m abandoning him.  Because that’s probably what he thinks when I drop him off and he screams and cries as I walk out the door.  It’s really hard you guys.

So while it’s admittedly amazing to have the house to myself, be able to get housework done, run errands by myself, and catch up on the bazillion things to do blog-wise… there’s always this voice in the back of my head that’s saying, “he feels abandoned… he feels abandoned”.  Hopefully things will get better each time we take him to camp, and he’ll make friends and before long I’ll be wishing for the days of him crying and not wanting me to go.  But until then… Mama is having a really hard time!

Ughhhh, okay, so you might be wondering what that has to do with not posting a recipe right?  Lol.  Well I was so distracted Sunday night, knowing what was going to happen Monday morning when I dropped him off, that I completely forgot to write this post!!  Bad, bad, bad.  So here I am, 7:30am, frantically finishing up a post that should have been completed and promoted on social media by now.  Yikes

Enough rambling and back to the recipe Amanda!  This rice is perfect by itself, or with some protein to make a complete meal in a bowl.  I love to serve it with the chicken from my Thai Peanut Chicken Quesadillas, and cook the marinated chicken on skewers (like in the picture 2 photos up).  Beautiful presentation and delicious taste!

You can also just serve the spicy Thai peanut drizzle on the side, or omit it completely for a milder and more traditional rice dish.