Oldie but goodie

...from the college days (made for lunch/kids dinner)

Ingredients

1 package Original Uncle Bens rice (orange box with "23 herbs & spices"--hard to find these days with the surgence of 1-minute rice, microwave rice, etc.)

1 can black beans

1 can (tho i use frozen) corn

1 can diced skinned tomatoes (optional, we used to just do beans & corn)

lotta grated cheddar cheese

Directions

Cook rice accd'ing to instructions.

if using canned corn, throw in oven-safe container with black beans and tomatoes.  I opted to cook the frozen corn in the tomato juice poured off the canned tomatoes, seemed to work fine.

mix corn, rice, beans, tomatoes in oven-safe dish

cover (LOAD!) with cheddar, bake in oven til melted.

fingers crossed kids eat it (or, they'll just go hungry, kidding!)