Vegetarian Paella

I love making one dish meals. This is one is easy turns out so colorful. I had been making a paella before using turkey sausage, but I wanted to do one that was vegetarian. So I changed it around a bit.  This recipe is very easy to throw together for dinner.

Vegetarian Paella

1 package yellow rice (see picture below)
1 onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, cut up (I just make strips out of it and then cut the strips into shorter strips)*
1 can petite diced tomatoes, not drained
1 cup green peas (if frozen, soak in warm water for quick thaw, then drain)
1 can quartered artichokes, rinsed and drained

*if you are feeling lazy or short on time, I'm sure you could just use a jar of roasted red peppers, drained and chopped

Saute onion in oil for a couple of minutes. Add bell pepper and continue to cook until onions are soft. Add rice, diced tomatoes and however much water your package of rice says to add. Bring to a boil, then simmer and cover for 20 minutes. At this point, uncover, add peas and artichokes, adding more water if necessary to make it a good consistency. Continue to cook for about 5 minutes longer. Scoop and serve!

Now in order to avoid a revolt among the inhabitants of my house, I served the paella with this on the side:

Here is a breakdown of how we ate this meal:

Me: just paella 

Husband: cut sausage into pieces and mixed into paella

Child #1: sausage on side and paella

Child #2: sausage on side, tried paella, had jelly sandwich instead

To help them all recover from eating this variety of vegetables, I served good old fashioned CCC's (which stands for chocolate chip cookies - nicknamed this by Child #1, aka "Captain Dessert")