Saturday night beans

Well we're slipping up in the posting and voting department....ahem Daja are you listening? as someone (that would NOT be the Maja) has had a social life lately. So I chose the ingredient of the week as kidney beans because I had some and I like them. So it turned out we had beans on Saturday night and that's kind of funny in this house because there are two reasons why Tim and I are still together after 35 years and that would be because we both don't like horses or care to eat baked beans. Well maybe there are other reasons too, but those are the main ones. But I digress.

I looked for a recipe that would not be chili or bean salad and a bit different and I think I've found it after I modified it somewhat:

Bean and Broccoli Casserole

1 1/2 cups cooked rice

2 heads broccoli (steamed or microwaved 2 minutes)
19 oz. can kidney beans (drained)

8 oz. can tomato sauce

1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp basil
2 cups grated cheddar cheese (reserve 1/2 cup)

Mix tomato sauce, seasonings and beans together in a bowl

Layer 1/2 of rice, then sauce mixture, broccoli, then cheese and repeat

Bake at 350 F for 30 - 40 minutes, then sprinkle remaining cheese and let set until melted

It's a good vegetarian dish (don't tell the carnivores in my house) and nutritious (don't tell them that either) with added fiber, dairy, veggies and I used brown rice.

Ready for the oven

Out of the oven

The taste testers gave it good marks. Tim judged it "6 or 7 out of 10" and Kaleb as you can see with his score card said "7.1, oh that's 71 lbs on my lobster slip today" They both voted for having it again.