Simple Paella

I found this next recipe out of a magazine. It called for shrimp and tilapia, but my family hates seafood so I used cooked chicken instead. :)

Nonstick cooking spray
3/4c chopped sweet pepper
1/2c chopped onion
1/2tsp garlic powder
2 1/2c chicken broth
1c uncooked regular brown rice
1/2tsp dried thyme, crushed
1/4tsp cayenne pepper
1/4tsp ground tumeric
16oz bag frozen peas
<s>12oz shrimp, thawed, peeled, deveined, and halved
12oz tilapia fillets, cut into 3/4in pieces</s>
1lb cooked chicken, cut up

Coat a 4qt slow cooker with cooking spray; add peppers, onion and garlic. In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine broth, rice, thyme, cayenne pepper, and turmeric. Microwave on high for 4 minutes, or until just boiling. Pour over vegetables in cooker. Cover; cook on low-heat setting for 4 hours. About an hour before you'd like to eat, stir in <s>shrimp, tilapia,</s> chicken, and peas. Cover; cook 45 minutes more, stirring once. Remove cooker from liner; let stand, covered, for 10 minutes. Serves 6.

I did cook this recipe about 15 minutes longer than I was supposed to on account of being out in Spokane a little too long, but it still tasted great! You might not want to use minute rice that cooks in only 10 minutes because I did and it got so soft it didn't look like rice anymore haha. Also, I didn't need to cook the chicken and peas the whole 45 minutes--20-30 might be enough since it just needed to be heated up.