Summer Greens Risotto

I've previously delved into the world of recipes on this blog but I've decided to give it a little more attention to hopefully help me eat and live more healthily. See I have always been a vegetarian but I recently have had to ensure that I also have a strict gluten free diet, due to being diagnosed with coeliac disease. Basically that means that I can't eat all the yummy things like, pasta, pizza, cake and bread unless there made from gluten free ingredients. And to be completely honest, when they are, they suck! The textures wrong, the taste is wrong and it's horribly expensive :(

So all that said, I'm now very limited to what I can actually eat so I'm trying to be as creative as possible, and sharing with you guys will hopefully help me to carry it on... First up -  

Summer Greens Risotto



Ingredients:

Olive oil
Arborio rice
Asparagus
Closed cup mushrooms
Onion
Leek
Spinach
Parmesen cheese
Knorr gluten free stock cubes
Basil
Thyme
Salt and pepper to season








Method

  • Add enough olive oil and rice to cover the base of a deep frying pan thinly, then add one leek and half an onion to the rice.
  • Once the rice has gone slightly transparent add the asparagus.
  • Fry on a medium to low heat until the asparagus is easy to spear with a fork. While this is cooking, dissolve one stock cube as per instructions.


  • Add the mushrooms (a chopped handful should be enough) to the simmering rice and then gradually add the stock, one ladle at a time, ensuring that it gets completely absorbed before adding the next ladle full.
  • Once the stock has been all used up and absorbed, take off the heat and mix in the Parmesan. Use as much or as little as you like.
  • You can then stir in the spinach or, like I did, make it a garnish to top the dish



Then sorted! 





You have yourself a super yummy meal which, I think, tastes even better the day after. If, perhaps, you fancy adding meat to the dish then chorizo is a good choice. I've added it to the dish before for a friend and just fried it separately. I then added it to a portion when adding the cheese.

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