Kid Food: Haystacks

This one is a complete winner with kids and adults - and is nice and filling too.  It can be easily adjusted to feed a multitude, or just one.  You can vary it to taste, add stuff, take stuff away, and it is a fool-proof dish (unless you have a particularly foolish fool).
 
On a plate (or in a bowl to prevent things sliding off the plate), layer the following:
 
(Hot cooked Rice - optional, we don't add it, but some do)
Potato chips (crisps) or corn chips (one small packet per person is good, but if serving a crowd open a few big ones)
Hot beans (a can of baked beans in tomato sauce is good, or some home-made brown/sugar beans, but the recipe for what we do to ours is below*)
Grated cheese
Chopped tomatoes, shredded lettuce, or other salady-type things (like chopped onion, pickles, olives, or whatever takes your fancy - this is where customization of the dish comes in!)
Mayo, tomato sauce (ketchup) or other similar topping (I throw on a few home-canned sliced jalapeno chilies in garlic & olive oil for extra kick)
 
Eat!
 
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*Jason's Masala Beans (my son came up with this recipe)
Fry a chopped onion in hot oil until softened
Add a can of baked beans in tomato sauce, 1tsp barbecue masala spice mix, a sprinkle of cayenne pepper, a sprinkle of mixed dried herbs, a dash of soy sauce and a dollop of tomato sauce (ketchup).
Heat thoroughly, stirring so it doesn't catch at the bottom of the pot.

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