Anyone who knows me will know that I’m all for easy recipes and if it’s an easy recipe that’s both cheap to make and healthy to eat then that’s all the better. This recipe for vegetable risotto ticks both boxes so I thought you might like it as much as I do!
My version of vegetable risotto is not only budget friendly, healthy and packed with veg, it’s also made using ingredients that you’ll probably already have in your kitchen!
Colourful Quick and Easy Vegetable Risotto (makes 2-3 good sized portions)
1 tablespoon oil
150g Arborio rice
375g mixed veg (frozen is fine and actually ideal as it’s already chopped into smaller pieces usually so saves you a job) although the one I bought from Tesco had peas, carrots, cauliflower and broccoli in it so I added 300g of that and 75g tinned sweetcorn. I also added 4 chopped spring onions but only because I had them in the fridge to use up.
2 pints hot vegetable stock
- Heat the oil in a large wok / frying pan.
- Add the rice and give it a good stir, coating as much of the rice in the oil as possible.
- Next add the frozen veg and give it a good stir together. Heat the rice and the veg together for 2 minutes to heat the veg up – you don’t want it to bring down the temperature in the stock when you add it.
- Next add about a pint of the stock and let it simmer away on a medium to high heat until it the rice starts to absorb the stock making sure you stir it regularly.
- Add in the sweetcorn and any fresh veg here and then just keep stirring and adding your stock bit by bit until the stock’s been absorbed and the rice is cooked through.
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Hi Cass 🙂 I'm a 21-year-old guy from Indonesia, nice to meet you. I will definitely try this at home. I never had a vegetable risotto before, so I have to try making it at home now. After my cooking, I will definitely share my cooking experience with you. Thank you so much for sharing a great recipe with us. Keep posting.
What a great idea for a child's dinner, nice and colourful too which is always a bonus! We're just experimenting with egg as POD has been allergic since she was 6m old and *crosses fingers* hopefully not now x
That looks very healthy and colourful to boot! 🙂
Bet mine would eat this actually – nice one!
This looks yummy, will give it a try with the kids next week
Ohh this sounds delicious – I might have to try this for myself and the other half. x
I really don't know why I don't make a rissotto, they are so simple and all things my kids would eat. Thanks for he kick up the bum! Mich x
Oh the kids would love this, I must make them this x
Sounds yummy, and pretty too! Going to give it a try!
I love it, we try to eat a rainbow as often as we can. It is the new five a day!
That does look healthy (and very colourful) and pretty easy to make too.
This does look pretty! I love all the colours. My two aren't too bad with vegetables – I'll have to try this on them.