Kathleen's Red Pepper Risotto

Man, it sure is lonely being the only person posting on the blog! Where you guys at? Well if you're "busy" don't make this! This recipe took me freaking forever to make. Last week's recipe took less than 10 minutes. This week's took me over an hour! And yes, it was my fault but still. I didn't make any changes to the recipe except that I used a whole medium onion (what the f was I going to do with half an onion sitting around?) and I didn't use the goat cheese. I don't care for goat cheese. And I did use the turmeric because my mom sent me back to FL with some after Dr. Oz told her of its health benefits.

Everything was going well with this recipe until it was time to do the broth bit. I've watched enough Food Network to know that you're kind of chained to the stove for the stirring part. So I turned on the radio, poured myself some wine, and got down to business. Well PW said that this part should last 25-30 minutes. So how come I was still stirring AN HOUR LATER??? And it wasn't a fun hour, let me tell you. There was a huge thunderstorm raging outside that kept messing with my radio signal. And after about 30 minutes, there was no more wine. And my wrist hurt. I started stirring at 3:10. At 4:10 I cranked up the heat to medium and it was done like 5 minutes later. Why I didn't think of that earlier, I have no idea. I think PW says to keep the heat medium low. Don't do it! Medium all the way unless you want carpal tunnel. Anyway, around minute 55 I thought to myself, "I don't care how good this tastes, I'm never, ever making this again!" Well...the risotto is good. Like really good. But I will probably stay true to my angry declaration. Unless I'm trying to impress someone.

Some advice: go easy on the salt. Remember that all the salt from the broth with concentrate down plus the cheese has salt. I think I used 1/4 teaspoon.

And sorry for the blurry picture. But it was raining so there wasn't enough light at my table. So I had to hold the plate next to the window. One shaky hand holding the camera plus one shaky hand holding the plate equals that blurry picture up there. Enjoy!