Cherokee Casserole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup long-grain rice, cooked
1 (15 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1 can cream of mushroom soup (no added liquid)
1 lb ground beef, round or sirloin
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 small bay leaf
1/8 teaspoon oregano
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon cumin
12 green olives, chopped
3 ounces grated cheddar cheese
salt, pepper to taste

Preparation

Cook rice per normal cooking instructions.
While rice cooks, brown meat and cook onions until tender.
Drain excess fat from meat.
Combine meat and onions in skillet, and add crushed tomatoes, mushroom soup, bay leaf, oregano, garlic powder, cumin, salt, pepper, olives.
Simmer together in skillet until rice is finished cooking.
Add rice, and mix all ingredients well.
Top casserole with cheese until melted.