Andrew Walker
Serves: 4-6
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Ingredients:
1 tbsp oil
2 medium onions, finely diced
1 garlic clove, crushed
300g rice (Arborio is best, but any will do)
1-1.2 litres reduced salt vegetable stock
500g frozen peas, defrosted
80g spinach
125g reduced fat cream cheese
10 fresh mint, basil or parsley leaves, cut into strips, or 1 tsp of dried basil
50g grated or shaved Parmesan (or other hard cheese)
Veg Portions / Serving: 1
Originally appeared in the Eat Them To Defeat Them 2020 Activity Book | Photography by Claire Wright | addsomeveg.com
Fill your belly with this pea-packed tea-time winner from our Eat Them To Defeat Them 2020 Activity Book.
Method:
Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Cook onions and garlic over low heat, stirring regularly, until see-through.
Add rice and keep stirring! Cook for a couple of minutes.
Carefully add in one ladle of stock (use a cup if you don’t have a ladle).
When stock is absorbed, add another ladle and keep going until rice is cooked and most of the stock is used up, stirring all the time, then set aside.
Blend or mash half the peas with the spinach and 200ml of stock.
Add green mixture, remaining peas, cream cheese and mint leaves to the rice.
Warm through and serve with Parmesan.
Shovel up a spoonful and send it down town!
Power Up: Pop in different vegetables for other veggie versions like sliced leeks, cubed sweet potato, diced courgette or celery in with the onions.
Watch It: See the video on how to make this recipe here.
Download it: Make sure you download the recipe card, along with the rest of the vegetable files and activities here.
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