Vegetarian Spanish Rice

Thanks to a strong vegetable bouillon cube infusion, this recipe makes the house smell almost like it has chicken in it, but is, of course, vegetarian.

Meat eaters think I have fallen off the wagon when they smell this and start looking for the chicken bouillon box. If the dish is too runny at 45 minutes, uncover and continue to simmer.

Step: 1

Combine stewed tomatoes, water, brown rice, orange bell pepper, onion, oil, ancho chile powder, and vegetable bouillon in a saucepan over low heat. Cover and stir occasionally. Simmer until rice is cooked and liquid is mostly absorbed, about 45 minutes.

Per Serving: 344 calories; protein 5.4g; carbohydrates 47.7g; fat 15.5g; sodium 257.2mg.

One of most obvious way to choose a side dish is to caught at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and choose something different. When you’re making pasta, go for a simple healthy dish . Made steak? Go for more light. If you’re making stir-fry with rice, it must not a good idea to also make a rice salad.

This also can make to cooking method . You don’t want to overcommit your oven by making to do list three dishes at once in there, or be rounding four pans on the stovetop . But sometimes you can make a dish do double-duty .