Vegetable And Herb Wild Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup wild rice
1 cup brown rice or 1 cup long grain white rice
3 -4 cups water
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1 1/2 red bell peppers, chopped
1 1/2 green bell peppers, chopped
3 -5 cocktail olives, halved with pimento removed
4 large mushrooms, sliced
2 medium tomatoes, diced or cut up
3 -4 tablespoons green onions, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced (us garlic lovers may wanna double that)
2 tablespoons of chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
1 teaspoon salt, to taste
1/2 teaspoon pepper, to taste
6 ounces cheddar cheese (optional) or 6 ounces monterey jack cheese, shredded, to taste (optional)

Preparation

Bring water to a boil in a medium pan; stir in wild rice, cook for 35 min then add white rice cook for another 35 min or until tender.
In a large frying pan, cook: bell peppers in hot oil for a minute or two then add mushrooms, tomato, onion and garlic until peppers are only slightly crisp.
Then, stir in: olives, parsley, oregano, salt, pepper and cooked, drained (if necessary) rice; continue to stir until flavors are combined.
Finally, remove rice from pan in to serving bowl, or plate, top with cheese and serve.
For Vegan option omit cheese or sub a Soy Cheese.