Mexi-Lime Rice

So that time has come again.....Vegan night :) A few 3-5 nights a week we eat vegan, my husband is strict vegan well really Eat to Live vegan. And I'm following the beat to my own little drum like I always do, but that beat includes at least a few nights a week of our family eating vegan together :)

I found a similar recipe on Pinterest and I tweaked it a bit to our tastes. This dish would be great by itself, inside a tortilla (like we did), as a stuffing for stuffed peppers, a side dish for Mexican night. You could add meat, cheese, sour cream. I personally cannot handle heat (I have a crazy tongue thing) but I bet it would be great with diced jalapenos or just adding hot sauce or good salsa. Next time I make this I will be adding red and green peppers diced very small and heated with the black beans, and I will make some fresh salsa to top it off. The hubs topped his "burrito" off tonight with hotsauce and salsa, the boys had a little cheese and left over BBQ steak (not so vegan I know). I added extra lime juice :)

These were sooooo good and very fresh! Great for a hot day!

What you need:
1 1/2 cups cooked rice (I used brown)
1 can black beans drained and rinsed
1 cup corn 
1 small can olives drained
1 TBS garlic
1/4 cup diced yellow or red onions
1 tomato
3-4 green onions
2 limes
cliantro
2 TBS Mrs. Dash fiesta lime rice seasonign
salt and pepper


What you do:
While I have the rice cooking and waiting the painful 45 minutes for brown rice to steam, I started the rest of this recipe.
Open, drain rinse, black beans. Place in skillet. If using canned corn drain and also place in skillet, I used left-over corn on the cob, so I cut it off the cob and put it in the skillet, along with the drained olives, onions, and garlic.
Dice up tomato and place in a large bowl, along with sliced green onions, lime juice and seasonings. Add as little or much cilantro as you want. I LOVE cilantro, so I just pluck it off the stem and throw it in there, I don't even chop it up. 
When the rice has about 5-10 minutes left turn the skillet on and heat the bean mixture up. When rice is done, add rice and bean mixture to tomato mixture. Mix it all well and enjoy as is, or in a tortilla, or however you decide!