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     Title: RICE AND BEAN CASSEROLE
Categories: Casseroles, Usenet
     Yield: 4 servings

     3 c  Pink beans, cooked
 2 1/2 c  Brown rice, cooked
     6 oz Tomato paste
     1 c  Cottage cheese, lowfat
   1/4 c  Onion, chopped
     1 c  Milk
   1/4 c  Wheat germ
     1 tb Parsley, chopped
     2    Garlic cloves
     1 ts Tamari soy sauce
   1/4 ts Nutmeg, ground
   1/4 ts Basil
   1/4 c  Sesame seeds
          -(less or more, to taste)

 Mix the beans, rice and tomato paste.  Blend the
 garlic, onion, milk and soy sauce. Combine everything
 but sesame seeds into a baking dish. Shake the sesame
 seeds on top. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 40 min.

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

 NOTES:

 *  A vegetarian bean, rice and cheese casserole.
 Yield:  Serves 4-6.

 *  Substitutions:  (I have not tried all combinations!)

 :  o  beans:  pinto or almost any kind
 :  o  rice:  barley for some or all
 :  o  cottage cheese:  plain yoghurt or tofu
 :  o  wheat germ:  grape nuts, bulgur wheat, oatmeal,
 etc. :  o  milk:  anything from water to whole milk
 :  o  nutmeg:  cinnamon
 :  o  egg:  tapioca flour and starch paste
 :  o  molasses:  blackstrap molasses or honey

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

 : Dave Dameron [email protected]
 : Organization:  Stanford University, IC Laboratory
 : If you have rocks in your head, open a quarry.

 : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust

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