Vegetable Paella

Ingredients

• 3 cups vegetable broth
• 1/4 tsp saffron threads
• 1 small onion
• 5 garlic cloves
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 carrot
• 2 tomatoes
• 1/2 cup canned tomato sauce or passata
• 1 can butter beans (drained and rinsed)
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tsp sweet smoked Spanish paprika
• sea salt
• freshly cracked black pepper
• 1 cup Spanish round rice