Subject: RECIPE: Rice and bean casserole
From: dameron@Glacier (Dave Dameron)
Date: 30 Nov 85 10:37:18 GMT
Newsgroups: mod.recipes

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.RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE RICE-BEAN-BAKE MV "15 Aug 85" 1986
.RZ "RICE AND BEAN CASSEROLE" "A vegetarian bean, rice, and cheese casserole"
.IH "Serves 4\-6"
.IG "3 cups" "cooked pink beans" "700 g"
.IG "2\(12 cups" "cooked brown rice" "500 g"
.IG "6 oz" "tomato paste" "175 ml"
.IG "1 cup" "lowfat cottage cheese" "250 g"
.IG "\(14 cup" "chopped onion" "40 g"
.IG "1 cup" "milk" "250 ml"
.IG "\(14 cup" "wheat germ" "60 ml"
.IG "1 Tbsp" "chopped parsley" "15 ml"
.IG "2 cloves" "garlic"
.IG "1 tsp" "tamari soy sauce" "5 ml"
.IG "\(14 tsp" "ground nutmeg" "1 ml"
.IG "\(14 tsp" "basil" "1 ml"
.IG "\(14 cup" "sesame seeds" "60 ml"
(or use less or more, to taste)
.PH
.SK 1
Mix the beans, rice, tomato paste.
.SK 2
Blend the garlic, onion, milk, and soy sauce. 
.SK 3
Combine everything but sesame seeds into a baking dish.
.SK 4
Shake the sesame seeds on top.
.SK 5
Bake at
.TE 350 175
for 40 min.
.NX
Optional additions:
1 egg,
.AB "\(14 tsp" "1 ml"
rosemary,
.AB "1 tsp" "5 ml"
molasses,
grated parmesan cheese on top,
mace (to taste).
.PP
Substitutions: (I have not tried all combinations!)
.RS
.nf
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
.RE
.fi
.SH RATING
.I Difficulty:
easy.
.I Time:
15 minutes preparation (if rice is already cooked), 45 minutes cooking.
.I Precision:
approximate measurement OK.
.WR
Dave Dameron	[email-masked]
Organization: Stanford University, IC Laboratory
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