Tomato Basil Risotto

I love risotto.  I love all kinds of risotto.  It's probably my favorite dish.  However, it's not very healthy because most risotto dishes use heavy cream.  As a result, I try not to eat it too much.  It also is one of the more expensive dishes at a restaurant.

I found this Tomato and Basil Risotto recipe that doesn't use heavy cream.  It looked amazing in the picture, and I had all of the ingredients, so I figured why not.

It was amazingly delicious.  I would definitely make this again.  I didn't put any sugar in it since it said to put in just a pinch of sugar, and I figured that if it was too tart I could add that in at the end.

I also used canned, diced tomatoes instead of grated fresh tomatoes since I didn't have fresh tomatoes.

Rachel Ray's Mother's Risotto

I'd been looking through a number of Rachel Ray's 30 Minute Recipe books to see if there was anything I wanted to make.  I love risotto, and found a recipe called "My Mamma's Risotto" in Rachel Ray's 30 Minute Meals: Veggie Meals book.

I went to the grocery store and bought a bottle of white wine in order to make this recipe.  I know it calls for dry white wine, but  Noel recommend just using cheap white wine instead.  I looked for the cheapest white wine I could find, and bought a bottle instead of a box.

I thought it would have a "twist cap" since it was such a cheap bottle of white wine.  It wasn't until I opened the seal so that I could put the white wine in the risotto that I realized it had a cork, and I didn't have a corkscrew.  Since I was in the middle of making the dish, I couldn't go to the grocery store and buy one.

I tasted the dish before adding the Parmesan cheese and felt that it was rather bland.  It tasted much better after the Parmesan cheese was added.  Still, it didn't taste amazing, so I continue my search for a good risotto recipe.