Cuban Style Black Beans and Rice

Recipe 1

This become my first and probably most favorite easy, cheap, healthy recipes.

1 cup dried black beans (sorted & soaked overnight)
1 cup brown rice
1 medium onion chopped
1 pepper - color of your choice
rice wine vinegar
garlic minced (4 or more cloves)
vegetable bouillon
cumin
cayenne
chili pepper
sea salt
ground black pepper
red chili pepper flakes
1 bay leaf
olive oil

Drain your black beans, then place into a pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce to low heat.
Add olive oil to a saute pan and add onion till lightly browned, then add minced garlic. Add in brown rice. Mix with oil till fully coated. Add the directed amount of water (tip heat water prior to adding). Cook for suggested amount, generally 45 min to an hour.
About 20 min before your rice is done add about a tablespoon of vinegar, and then spices to your beans. At around the same time, sautee your pepper in a separate pan, do not let it get too tender, then add to your rice.
Once your beans are done, drain, add them to your rice and turn off the stove. Let the flavors meld for a bit then serve.
You can change this in many ways to suit your own tastes. My sisters like to add Frank's Red Hot Sauce. If you aren't big on spice I would say keeping the cayenne, chili, and red pepper flakes to 1/4-1/2 of a teaspoon.