Cajun-Style Red Beans & Brown Rice

1 lb Dried pinto beans

2 c Chopped yellow onion

1 c Chopped green onions

1 c Chopped green bell pepper

1/2 ts Minced garlic

1/4 ts Red cayenne pepper

3/4 ts Ground black pepper

1/2 ts Salt

1/4 ts Oregano

1/4 Teasppon garlic powder

1 tb Worcestershire sauce

3 ds Tabasco sauce

6 oz Can of tomato paste

1/4 ts Thyme

1 ts Celery flakes

6 c Cooked brown rice

(This is real good and hot, so you may want to tone down hot spices and add them last, to taste, if you can`t tolerate the spicy heat.) Wash beans and then soak for 12 hours. (I never soak beans and never have any gas unless I eat them with milk.) Drain water. Fill a large pot with beans; add water to 1/2 inch above beans level. Add remaining ingredients except rice; cook over low heat 2 to 2 1/2 hours, covered. Serve over cooked brown rice. Nutritional information per serving: 260 calories 5 percent fat (1.3 grams) 77 percent carbohydrate 18 percent protein

I got this recipe from the January 94 issue of Shape magazine, in an article about the Cooper Clinic (I believe it`s in Texas). I didn`t want to post without trying first, So last weekend I tried it and it`s wonderful! [email protected] (Judy Mingram - SunSelect) From Fatfree Digest April-May 1994, Formatting by Sue Smith (using MMCONV)