Instructions: 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.

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