Christmas Paella

For Christmas dinner, I thought I'd make something special for my sister and I to enjoy while the rest of the family ate ham. So, I splurged on a $7 packet of saffron, the most expensive spice on earth. I got the recipe here, on the Whole Foods website. I used long-grain brown rice instead of white rice, which bumped the cooking time up to about 40 minutes. The paella was quite good. I would adjust it in a few ways: first, I would leave out the tomaotes; it seemed to overpower the flavor of the saffron. Second, I would have used marinated browned tempeh cubes instead of the lima beans. Or, use both a cut the lima beans from 1 cup to about 1/2 cup. Overall, we really enjoyed this dish, so give it a try!