Posted: May 14, 2008
I haven’t updated in about week, but I have made so many dinners in that amount of time that I just wish I had time to take photos of them all! For one, using the tofu ricotta recipe in Veganomicon I made a roasted toasted lasagna that went down a treat with all the omnivores at a bar-b-que last weekend. If only they knew there was tofu in it! It’s so funny that sense of fear I have seen in a number of omnivores when it comes to eating tofu. That particular bar-b-que/party went on until the next morning and I offered to throw together some scrambled tofu to go with the breakfast for the masses. I altered between telling them it was tofu scramble and just getting them to taste (what they believed mostly consisted eggs) and they all loved the stuff! There were a good number, who on hearing it was tofu point blank refused to eat it. It’s a strange mentality. Mmm, I also made a sun-dried tapenade, also from Veganomicon that was eaten well before the bar-b-que even got started, so I’ll make sure to repeat that recipe again and post up the results.
Today’s recipe was last nights dinner - Paella. We had made this once before, so this recipe is pretty much ad lib. There are several places where you can find vegetarian paella recipes on the net,and they all tend to be vegan. I think of it as similar to cooking risotto, except you just add all the stock at once. This is probably going to feature largely in my kitchen this summer as it’s a light and amazingly full of flavor dish. That and it’s super easy to do, especially because you should have most of the ingredients on hand. Nick and I threw together a large pot of Sangria to go with our Paella that kept us going all night. It’s amazing how good a cheep bottle of wine can taste when mixed right. Sooo good. omm.
On to the Ingredients: 
- 250g / Half a bag of Paella Rice (You can use other types of rice if you can’t find paella rice)
- 1 cup vegetable stock
- 1/4 cup Olive Oil
- 1 large onion diced
- 4/5 cloves garlic loosely chopped
- 1 red and 1 yellow Bell Pepper sliced
- 1 courgette chopped
- 6 large Mushrooms sliced
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 tin Chopped Tomatoes
- A pinch of Saffron (You may substitute Turmeric if you don’t have any saffron)
- Salt and Pepper to Taste
- 1 lemon
- Optional. You can get a tin of artichokes to garnish, but I wouldn’t eat enough of them to make it work buying the tin so didn’t bother.
Directions:
In a large pot heat up the olive oil and then add the onions and garlic. You can of course do all this in a large frying pan and serve the pan to the table. Just make sure you don’t loose many ingredients when you stir! Cook these until the onions are translucent. Add the rest of the vegetables, and cook for about 5 minutes then add the peas. Cook for a further 5 minutes.
Add the tin of tomatoes, rice and safron and mix well. Then add the stock. Cook for about 15/20 minutes stirring often and adding small amounts of water if necessary. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Serve with lemon slices and a large glass of Sangria
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This looks delicious, I’m going to give it a go at the weekend.
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@le craic Great! You’ll have to let me know how it goes. If there are any leftovers, it tastes even better the next day, the saffron really comes through. It was my first time using saffron in a dish and I loved it
It was delicious! The vegetable stock I had wasn’t great though (it was a knorr pouch of ready made stock), so I had to add a little paprika and some chilli powder just to give a bit more of a flavour. A definite thumbs up from me
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Hi, I found this recipe on Picturing Food and Drink but I haven’t an LJ account any more, so couldn’t comment. Just wanted to say that the paella looks divine and I will definitely be making some!
Oh, I really like how you made this with just veggies! I’m definitely going to have to save this recipe; all the paella recipes I’ve seen are way too loaded with fish. You’ve made this look so tasty, I can’t wait to try it :).
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