Healthy eating and drinking is an important part of looking after your heart and it's never too late to start! Try our delicious recipe of the month.

Capsicum & pea risotto   
Add your favourite vegetables or shredded roast chicken for a flavoursome risotto.

Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
 
 
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups (625ml) Reduced salt vegetable stock
1 tbsp Crisco Pure Olive Oil*
1 onion, finely chopped
1 red capsicum, halved, seeded, cut into thin slices
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 cup (200g) arborio rice*
1 cup (120g) Bird’s Eye Baby Peas Whole Frozen*
1/4 cup (20g) grated parmesan
green salad, to serve

To make this meal even healthier use Tick approved ingredients.
*Products available with the Heart Foundation Tick. Remember all fresh fruit and vegetables automatically qualify for the Tick.
 

Instructions
1 Combine vegetable stock and 2 cups water in a saucepan and bring to boil. Set aside.

2 Heat oil in a large saucepan on medium. Cook onion for 5 mins, stirring, until softened Add capsicum and cook for another 5 mins, stirring, until softened. Stir in garlic and rice, and cook for 1 min, until rice is translucent.

3 Add 1 cup hot stock mixture. Simmer, stirring constantly, and add one ladle of stock at a time as liquid is absorbed. This should take 20-25 mins, until rice is just tender. Stir through peas and cook for another 2-3 mins until heated through.

4 Remove from heat, stir through parmesan and serve risotto with green salad

5 Enjoy!

The Heart Foundation has a range of delicious and healthy recipes now available online. Try them today for find out more about how you can start making changes toward healthier eating.