It’s almost over!!! The CrossFit Open 2012 is coming to a close this week. My gosh, thank goodness. Not that I don’t love it. I do. I get to watch some of my friends and athletes do things they never thought possible. And I get to see camaraderie at it’s best. But 5 weeks is a long time to stay excited about something, and nervous. To have knots in your stomach every Wednesday at 6pm kinda blows. I’d rather not feel like way.
But I did get to experience wod 12.4 last week. Which was surprisingly fun. Which makes no sense since it started off with 150 wall balls. And if you’ve never done a wall ball, I’ve tell you now, 150 of those bastards is a lot. And it doesn’t feel good. EVER. Then you followed that up with 90 double unders, then 30 muscle ups…if you can get that many in. WHAT? It was crazy. But I got a few muscle ups in and was STOKED about it. Truly stoked. Why? Because I suuuuuuck ass at them. They are my enemy. At Regionals last year, I got 1 muscle up in 15 minutes. ONE. That means I failed 123 other times trying to attempt those sucky things. That was a slight exaggeration. But you get my drift. I suck at them. Wanna see some pics? I got to sport my PaleOMG white tank at the gym. I really do need that tank in every color.


I just ate a blueberry pumpkin pie protein shake. Holy wonderful.
Aren’t you excited for this cooking video!? Yes, I know it’s lengthwise. I KNOW OK?! I was home alone, had to mount the camera on a tripod that I stole from Tom, and don’t really understand technology. I’M DOING MY BEST PEOPLE. My camera doesn’t have a spot on it’s side to screw the tripod into. So I had to, once again, video myself dancing lengthwise. And hear it from you guys. I get it, I suck. But this coconut rice doesn’t suck. It doesn’t suck at all actually. Cauliflower rice is sure to surprise you if you’ve never had it. And my dancing skills will make you uncomfortable as well!! WHY WOULDN’T YOU WATCH MY COOKING VIDEO!?
Pumpkin Cashew Coconut Curry over Coconut Rice
- Yield: 4-5 1x
Ingredients
For the curry
- 1lb chicken, cut into cubes
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 red onion, sliced
- 2/3 cup canned coconut milk
- 1/2 cup pureed pumpkin
- 1/2 cup cashews
- 2–3 tablespoon curry powder
- 1 tablespoon Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- pinch of cinnamon
- salt and pepper, to taste
- cilantro, to garnish
For the coconut rice
- 1 head cauliflower, stem removed, roughly chopped
- 1/3 cup canned coconut milk
- 1/4 cup Unsweetended Shredded Coconut
- 1 tablespoon Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil
- 1 teaspoon raw honey
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- First add your chopped cauliflower to your food processor with the shredding attachment to “rice” the cauliflower.
- Pull a large pot, place over medium heat, and add a tablespoon of coconut oil then add your cauliflower. Add a pinch of salt, then cover to help steam, mixing occasionally.
- Now pull out a large skillet and place under medium heat. Then add your coconut oil.
- Add minced garlic then chicken as soon as the garlic becomes fragrant.
- Once the chicken begins to become white on all sides, add your 2/3 cup coconut milk and pureed pumpkin to your chicken and mix until the pumpkin breaks down.
- Now add your sliced onions and spices to cook down.
- Then add your other ingredients for your coconut rice and cover to cook down. Stir occasionally to make sure it doesn’t burn!
- Let the rice cook for about 5-8 minutes until coconut milk has evaporated and you have sticky rice.
- When chicken is done cooking and your curry has thickened a bit, remove from heat and add your cashews to the curry mixture.
- Now place sticky rice in a bowl along with curry over top and cilantro to garnish!











OMG! Love this! I can’t wait to try it! PS….the video was great and the dancing was awesome! I just stumbled on your site…I’m on day 2 of trying this whole paleo thing and you have definitely motivated/inspired me, so thanks! 🙂
Thank you so much for watching my video!! And I hope you like the recipe 🙂
The whole family loved this
That’s great Mike!
I Loved this recipe! It was absolutely delicious.
I was lazy, and a pig, and ate all my cashews before I got around to making it. Its still good with pine nuts but the cashews were missed. Much spicier than anticipated so go easy on the cayenne if you are a wuss like me.
LOVED the “rice.” It was a perfect blend of sweet and savory when mixed with the curry.
This recipe is seriously good. I’m going to make it a second time. Thank you for the brilliant idea of coconut cauliflower rice! It’s a great alternative to rice.
This recipe is my absolute favorite so far! Everything about it is delicious and is definitely worth the time it takes to prepare it. This is a MUST make!
Oooo this looks good! I’m excited to try it!!! Quick question about the Cauliflower rice….. what kind of food processor to you use??!! I have tried this with a magic bullet and a blender with no such luck, and you made it look soooo easy!!! I need to get me a food processor, but don’t want to buy one that can’t handle the cauliflower!! Thanks!!!
ps… loved the dance moves!! 🙂
I use a 9 cup cuisinart food processor Jamie 🙂 it’s the best!
Thanks!!!! Imma have to get me one of those! ps in a weird note, I was looking at the ingredient list yesterday and noticed hmm I dont see anything with strawberries… random, and then you come through with strawberries in the recipe today! Crazy! I think you were reading my mind. OK enough being creepy, thanks for the food processor tip!
I love this recipe and I particularly enjoyed the dance time, Honestly, how are you single? I, too, would enjoy a paleomg apron to save my boobs from getting bacon grease spattered!
Daaaaym, girl. This is good shit! But I was really wowed by your food styling, bowl-in-the-garden brilliance.
Do you think regular canned pumpkin would taste decent enough in this recipe? What did you use?
yes canned pumpkin is what i used!
i’m trying to rate this 5-stars, but my stupid computer will only let me do 2 maximum…
very yummy and so filling! made double the batch and ate it for 3 days in a row (dinner, lunch & lunch again).