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Super savory vegetarian paella
Hola
chicas! Need a tasty and healthy vegetarian dish to have at your summer
fiesta? Look to the sunny coast of Spain for inspiration. Their
signature and scrumptious paella is perf for a large group of amigos.
Though traditionally a seafood dish, we found a meat-free option
that's just as yummy. Don't forget to try it with a Fruit-Tea
Sangria Cooler!
Check
out this and more vegetarian recipes in Marie-Claude Morin's The
Best 30-Minute Vegetarian Recipes.
Ingredients
1
tbsp olive oil
1 chopped
clove garlic
1/2 chopped
Spanish onion
20 fresh
green beans
1 diced
carrot
1/2 cup drained and rinsed canned white beans
1/2 cup frozen green peas
15 trimmed
leaves spinach
2 diced
tomatoes (Note: if you'd like to peel the tomatoes before dicing,
plunge them into a pot of boiling water for 1 minute. After
immediately transfer to a bowel of ice water, peel skins.)
1
cup long-grain white rice
2
cups vegetable broth
1/2 tsp paprika
Pinch saffron
threads
Directions
1. In
a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat.
2. Sauté
garlic and onion for about 5 minutes or until softened.
3. Add
green beans, carrot, white beans, peas, spinach and tomatoes and
sauté for about 5 minutes or until carrots start to soften.
4. Bring
the mix to a boil while stirring in the rice, broth, paprika
and saffron.
5. Reduce
heat and simmer gently, without stirring, for 15 to 20 minutes or
until rice is tender and most of liquid has been absorbed.
6. Remove
the pan from the heat and cover the paella with a damp cloth for a
few minutes. This allows the medley of flavors to really blend
together.
Enjoy! Or as they say in Spain, bueno provecho!
Excerpted from The Best 30-Minute Vegetarian Recipes by Marie-Claude Morin. Photographs copyright © 2009 Headlight, Text © 2011 Robert Rose Inc. www.robertrose.ca Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
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