Baby Bella Risotto

 Breakfast

 Monster

 One of the perks of my job are the lunch outings.  We were treated today to a lunch meeting at Chiapparelli's in Littler Italy.  This is one of my very favorite places in little italy.  Lunch started with fresh baked bread (and alot of it)  They have a garlic dressing that works amazing as a bread topping...Mmmmm

 When you go to chips, you have to have their salad...Mmmmmm

 I got the Shrimp Nicola pasta dish but only ate about 1/3 of it.  It was linguine with a white wine lemon garlic sauce and shrimp...It was pretty good!

 Everyone enjoyed a bite of a flourless chocolate cake but due to my Lenten promise I didn't partake but came back to the office and one of my muffins. 

 Around 3 I had some Chobani

 Then came home to a mad house...DJ and Dom had to head out to a birthday party (on a Tuesday Night...weird right?!)  Anyway...as a result they didn't eat with us and I just made some pasta for Livie and Mason.  After I put Livie to bed, I decided I was hungry so I made some mushroom risotto.  I LOVE risotto mostly b/c it is creamy and rich, without an ounce of cream...it's like magic.

Here is what I did:

Baby Bella Mushroom Risotto

Ingredients:

2 tsp EVOO

1/2 yellow onion

2 C. baby bella mushrooms (protabella)

1 C. arborio rice

3 C. veggie stock

1/4 C. grated parm cheese

How?

First I saute the EVOO with the onion and mushrooms until they are soft.

 Then add the rice and allow to saute for 2-3 minutes

 while that is happening, I measure and heat the veggie stock in a separate pot.

 then comes the tricky part.  You have to add the stock to the rice mixture one ladle at a time.  Then you have to stir and wait until the broth is absorbed before adding another ladle.  Continue to add broth and stir, wait, add broth stir and wait until all the broth is gone.  This could take 10-15 minutes. 

 stir in the parm cheese, serve and enjoy! 

Seriously look at this dish...can you believe there is no butter or cream?  The starches in the rice create the rich texture and this is SO EASY to make!!!

It made 4 servings, I froze the other 3 for later.

No exercise b/c of the crazy schedule and now I'm sitting here on the couch in a carb coma...I think my protein was too light today but I'll step it up tomorrow :)

Time to sleep

TTFN