Black Beans and Rice

I think I've been playing a few too many hours of video games lately. My BF got this new RPG game for XBox and it's similar to a Harry Potter game I used to waste hours on. The whole week I've played way too late and been sacrificing my sleep. Bad, bad!

The moral of the story: I came home from work last night, sprawled out on the bed for a minute watching my BF play the game (it's just as interesting to watch as it is to play) and the next thing I knew it I had fallen asleep and it was after 8:00pm. I was soooo tempted to jump in the car and run to Chick-Fil-A for dinner. I probably stared at the ceiling thinking about it for fifteen minutes. I finally decided I could cook some fish faster than I could pick up food.

I love tilapia. There are so many little variations I do with it, so it's never exactly the same. Last night it turned out super yummy (or maybe I was just fah-mish-ed). My problem with fish is I never know what to serve as a side dish. Rice is always a good option, but when I'm making fish it's usually because I need dinner done fast. Rice takes 30 minutes to cook (unless I happen to have some already made in the fridge - which I did last night).

My BF tells me he likes it when I just throw a bunch of stuff together because it usually turns out good. I kind of wanted beans, kind of wanted rice, and kind of wanted something saucy. Those are good times to just throw some stuff together.

For this recipe, you could serve it as a side dish (like I did last night) or as a main dish (like I brought for lunch today). You could even toss in some cooked chicken to make it more hearty.

Ingredients:
1 cup cooked brown rice
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 small can diced green chilis
1 T. chili powder
1/4 tsp ground cumin
10 dashes liquid smoke
2-3 T. coconut milk
Sea salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 T. nutritional yeast

Directions:
Combine black beans, rice and chilis in a medium saucepan. Add all remaining ingredients except nutritional yeast and stir to combine. Add a little additional coconut milk if needed (chili powder absorbs a lot of moisture). Stir until heated through and just starting to simmer, then stir in nutritional yeast. Add additional seasonings if desired.