RICE-BEAN-BAKE(MV)       USENET Cookbook       RICE-BEAN-BAKE(MV)

RICE AND BEAN CASSEROLE

     RICE-BEAN-BAKE - A vegetarian bean, rice, and cheese
     casserole

INGREDIENTS (Serves 4-6)
     3 cups    cooked pink beans
     2 1/2 cups
               cooked brown rice
     6 oz      tomato paste
     1 cup     lowfat cottage cheese
     1/4 cup   chopped onion
     1 cup     milk
     1/4 cup   wheat germ
     1 Tbsp    chopped parsley
     2 cloves  garlic
     1 tsp     tamari soy sauce
     1/4 tsp   ground nutmeg
     1/4 tsp   basil
     1/4 cup   sesame seeds (or use less or more, to taste)

PROCEDURE
          (1)  Mix the beans, rice, tomato paste.

          (2)  Blend the garlic, onion, milk, and soy sauce.

          (3)  Combine everything but sesame seeds into a baking
               dish.

          (4)  Shake the sesame seeds on top.

          (5)  Bake at 350 deg. F for 40 min.

NOTES
     Optional additions: 1 egg, 1/4 tsp rosemary, 1 tsp molasses,
     grated parmesan cheese on top, mace (to taste).

     Substitutions: (I have not tried all combinations!)
          beans: pinto or almost any kind
          rice: barley for some or all
          cottage cheese: plain yoghurt or tofu
          wheat germ: grape nuts, bulgur wheat, oatmeal, etc.
          milk: anything from water to whole milk
          nutmeg: cinnamon
          egg: tapioca flour and starch paste
          molasses: blackstrap molasses or honey

RATING
     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 15 minutes preparation (if rice is
     already cooked), 45 minutes cooking.  Precision: approximate
     measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR
     Dave Dameron   dameron@glacier.ARPA
     Organization: Stanford University, IC Laboratory
     If you have rocks in your head, open a quarry.
     From: oday@hplabs (Vicki O'Day)
     Newsgroups: mod.recipes
     Subject: RECIPE: Gumbo-style rice
     Date: 21 Mar 86 05:33:56 GMT
     Organization: Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
     Approved: reid@glacier.ARPA

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