Brown Spanish Rice - Brighter Bites

Ingredients

• 2 carrots
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 red or green pepper
• 5 small tomatoes
• 2 ½ cups brown rice
• 5 cups water
• 1 ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp each: pepper, thyme, turmeric, paprika, celery salt
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 Tbsp olive oil, divided