Arroz Jardinero - Gardener's Rice

This recipe is both delicious and good for you. Diced carrots, peas, green beans, and lima beans are cooked along with the rice, which is seasoned with garlic. Whatever is growing in the garden goes into this dish. It's an easy way to eat your vegetables.

• 3 cloves garlic
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 cups water
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup fresh or frozen lima beans
• 1 cup fresh or frozen peas
• 1 cup green beans, diced.
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1 cup fresh or frozen corn
• 1 1/2 cups rice

1. Crush garlic, and place in a pot with the oil. Heat and cook garlic for 2 to 3 minutes, until golden.
   
   
2. Add water and salt to pot and bring to a boil.
   
   
3. Add diced vegetables. (If using frozen peas and/or corn, wait to add them in the last five minutes of cooking).
   
   
4. Cook vegetables for 1 to 2 minutes, then add rice. Lower the heat, cover, and cook for 12 minutes.
   
   
5. Add frozen peas and carrots if using them. Cook for five minutes more, then turn off heat. Leave rice covered for 5 minutes more.
   
   
6. Fluff and serve.

   Serves 4 to 6.

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