Vegetable Paella (Very Healthy)

Submitted by Tami W

"This recipe is from the Liver Cleansing Diet Book by Sandra Cabot."

 

• Ready In: 52mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups brown rice
• 2 cups chicken stock or 2 cups vegetable stock
• 2 large onions, sliced
• 2 leeks, julienned
• 3 carrots, sliced
• 2 zucchini, sliced thickly
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 red capsicum, sliced
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 4 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
• fresh ground black pepper
• 250 g broccoli, broken into florets
• 250 g cauliflower, broken into florets

directions

1. Parboil the rice in the chicken stock for 20 minutes. Set aside but do not drain.
2. Add onions, leeks, carrots, zucchini and garlic to a non-stick pan and cook for 10 minutes in 4 tablespoons of water over medium heat. Add pepper, tomato paste, tumeric and tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes. Add rice with stock and stir until combined with all ingredients and simmer gently for approximately 15 minutes.
3. Separately cook broccoli and cauliflower for 5 minutes and add to the above.