Deliciously Healthy Paella

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 5 minced garlic cloves
• 1 large yellow onion, chopped
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 2 cups rice (uncooked)
• 4 medium tomatoes, skinned, seeded and chopped
• 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and cut into thin strips
• 1 small green bell pepper, seeded and cut into thin strips
• 1 small yellow bell pepper, seeded and cut into thin strips
• 1 cup green peas
• 2 cups artichoke hearts, tough outer leaves removed and quartered
• 1 lemon
• lemon wedge, to garnish

Recipe

• 1 heat the olive oil in a paella pan and sauté the onion and garlic until the onion is tender and translucent. at the same time, heat the broth in a separate saucepan until simmering.
• 2 pour the rice into the paella pan and sauté for about 3 minutes.
• 3 add the bell peppers and tomatoes and cook for a further 3 minutes.
• 4 add the simmering vegetable broth and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes or until almost tender and almost all the liquid has been absorbed.
• 5 stir in the peas.
• 6 sprinkle the artichoke hearts with a few drops of lemon juice and arrange over the rice in an attractive pattern. continue cooking until the liquid has been absorbed and the rice is tender.
• 7 serve the paella straight from the pan, garnished with lemon wedges.