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Grace Organic – Jamaican Rice and Peas

By //  by Candace Sampson 3 Comments

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I am on a quest in 2015 to find as many recipes as I can that are healthy and taste delicious. This is not an easy task. It has been my experience, that most healthy foods fall flat on the taste spectrum, where as all the really bad-for-you stuff practically explodes with flavour, like bacon. Need I say more?

In cases where I’ve found healthy food that tastes delicious, it’s almost always been in the tropics—namely Jamaica. Everything they cook in Jamaica from Jerk Chicken to their staple Jamaican Rice and Peas practically explodes with flavour. So when I tried this recipe using Grace Organic Coconut Milk, I knew I’d found the first recipe of 2015 that met my criteria—healthy and delicious. I’m not surprised of course, that the recipe comes from a company that was founded in Jamaica in 1922. Grace Foods has been bringing the best of the islands to Canadians for over 25 years now.

Jamaican Rice and Peas, Grace Foods, Organic Coconut products

Coconuts are one of our planet’s most nutritious foods and it’s found in a wide range of products—like coconut flour, coconut oil and coconut milk. These are all things I’m very familiar with.  What I didn’t know was that there is also a Coconut Vinegar and a Coconut Sugar. These are fun new discoveries from the new Grace Organic, All Natural Coconut Products line. With so many great ways to use it, it’s fair to say that I am now officially hooked on all things coconut.

Jamaican Rice and Peas, coconut milk, red kidney beans

I’m eager to get up close and personal with this superfood this year as much for it’s taste as for it’s many amazing health benefits. Saturated fat from coconut oil has been endorsed by health and medical experts as a food that can protect us against heart disease. Since my husband had a heart attack two years ago, this is good news for us. Coconut is also loaded with antioxidants to help keep you youthful, it’s great for your hair and skin and it helps promote strong bones and teeth.

Let’s face it though, it all comes down to taste. If tofu did all of the above I still wouldn’t touch it because it doesn’t do a thing for my taste buds. Coconut, however, is easy to fit into our diet because it tastes amazing and can easily be added into old recipes to give them a healthy makeover as well as a flavour punch. Superfood indeed.

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Jamaican Rice and Peas

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups cooked Grace red kidney beans liquid reserved
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped
  • 1 1/4 cups Grace Organic Coconut Milk
  • Water enough to make 2 1/4 cups combined liquid
  • 1 cup rice
  • 2 green onions crushed
  • 1 or 2 sprigs fresh thyme
  • Salt & Pepper to Taste
  • 2 tbsps Grace Organic Coconut Oil

Instructions

  1. Cook red kidney beans to package directions or use Grace canned.
  2. Put cooked beans into a large saucepan or pot. Add chopped garlic.
  3. Measure all liquids, including reserved bean liquid, Grace Organic Coconut Milk and water enough to make 2 1/4 cups. Add the 2 1/4 cups of liquid to the beans and garlic in the pot.
  4. Add rice, crushed green onion, thyme, salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and cook for about 20 mintues or until all liquid is absorbed.

Of course, you’re not going to want to eat this rice alone, so try it served alongside my Jerk Chicken or with these Shrimp Tacos with Pineapple Salsa and Creamy Coleslaw.

Jamaican Rice and Peas, shrimp tacos

So, tell me, with so many amazing ways to use Grace Organic All Natural Coconut products, how are you going to #loveyourcoconut?

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About Candace Sampson

Candace is founder and editor-in-chief of Life in Pleasantville which isn't half as fancy as it sounds. You can find her sharing travel stories on What She Said Radio and on CTV Ottawa Morning Live.

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  1. lyndac1968

    February 16, 2015 at 9:55 am

    Oh wow this looks so good, at first when I seen the picture I thought it was rice pudding..lol.. I too love coconut and I love rice, so I am going to make this, love your tacos too, I will just have to find something to make for hubby, I can’t believe he doesn’t like anything other than meat and potatoes, such a boring life of food he has, me I like to experiment and try new exciting foods!!

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    • Candace Derickx

      February 17, 2015 at 11:59 am

      Thanks Lynda. I’m in love with this recipe. The taste is out of this world good. Let me know what you think after you try it!

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  2. peady

    February 18, 2015 at 8:58 am

    This sounds scrumptious!

    It’s really remarkable all the wonderful things coconuts can be used for and do for our health.

    I remember very clearly when the low fat craze (yeah I said craze!) really took hold and they started freaking out about movie theatre popcorn being popped in coconut oil, while pushing the “health” of fat free candy. Oy!

    So glad coconut has made a BIG comeback! I use that stuff in everything! 😉

    I will absolutely use this recipe.

    One question. When you say “crushed” green onions, how do you suggest we crush ’em? Mortar and pestle smushing or just a smack with a flattened chef’s knife? Or? Thanks!

    Reply

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