Well, I haven't had rice and beans in such a long time!!!  And even though I am latina, I hate to cook and really I don't think the beans will turn out "right"... so, do what I do: go to your supermarket, and in the "ethnic food" isle, pick a Goya Beans ready to eat can, I like the black beans better, and then make so rice and you are set!  That was actually one of my favorite "Thanksgiving" meals if I was home.