4 spanish without Recipes

half of a tennis ball sized onion finely minced, minced garlic ., tomato sauce ., handful of chopped cilantro leaves (equivalent to 1 bunch without the stems), vegetable oil, enough to cover the bottom of a dutch oven size pan., rice ., water ., dried chicken boullion. knorr ssuiza is preferred .

fresh whole shrimp ( you can also use shrimp without the head), fresh small lobster tails ( aragostelle in italy..pretty spiny) they are about 2-3 inches in length at least here in italy, i miss the ones from maine or jamaica, fresh calamari, chicken, chorizo sausage ( optional), good saffron, diced red bell pepper ( roasted in the oven and skin removed), homemade fish broth ( you can use the store bought if you like ), white or spanish onion, garlic (if you don tsp like , who doesn tsp like eh!! well you can reduce the amount), good extra virgin olive oil, dry white wine ( i never use wine that i don tsp drink to cook), basmati rice, salt to taste, hot red chili pepper flakes ( optional), above all a paella pan

tomatoes , fleshy and very ripe, green peppers, red pepper, cucumber, onion , the heart (not the outside ring or two of ), garlic (optional), bread , day-old without the crust, salt (i use sea , or kosher. you likely will not use all the , it is to taste.), extra virgin olive oil (the best quality you can find. oil is also to taste, so you likely will not use it all.), vinegar (my favorite is heinz salad , the closest to spanish table i can find in the states. a)