"Meatless Monday" Recipe of the Week - Kidney Bean and Cheesy Rice Casserole

This week's "Meatless Monday" Recipe of the Week is - Kidney Bean and Cheesy Rice Casserole. Beans, Cheese, and Rice all adds up to this week's recipe! I love Dark Red Kidney Beans and this recipe really highlights them! The recipe is from the CooksRecipes website. At the Cooks site you'll find a huge selection of recipes to please all tastes, diets, and cuisines! Check it out today. Enjoy and Eat Healthy in 2018!  https://www.cooksrecipes.com/index.html

Kidney Bean and Cheesy Rice Casserole
No recipe image available.A deliciously wholesome, economical and satisfying Southwestern-style cheese, bean and rice casserole your family will enjoy.

Recipe Ingredients:
2 (19-ounce) cans dark red kidney beans, rinsed and drained

1 tablespoon water
1 cup red onion, diced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 garlic clove, diced
1 (10-ounce) package fresh spinach, chopped
1 (16-ounce) jar no-salt-added picante sauce
8 cups cooked rice, no salt added
2 medium tomatoes, sliced
1/2 cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded reduced-fat Monterrey Jack cheese
1/2 cup nonfat sour cream

Cooking Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Heat water in a nonstick skillet. Add onion, cumin, and garlic and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes. Add spinach and sauté until wilted. Set aside
Combine dark red kidney beans and picante sauce together; spread 2 cups of this mixture in the bottom of 9x13-inch baking pan coated with nonfat cooking spray. Layer 4 cups of rice over bean mixture. Arrange tomato slices on top of rice. Layer spinach mixture, remaining rice, and 2 cups of bean mixture over tomato slices.
Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Then sprinkle with cheese and bake, uncovered, for another 10 minutes or until cheese melts. Spoon 1 tablespoon sour cream on top of each serving.

Makes 8 servings

Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/8 of recipe): Calories: 402; Carbohydrates: 65g; Fat: 6g; Cholesterol: 20mg; Protein: 22g; Fiber: 11g; Sodium: 896mg (540mg if using dry beans).

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