Rice and Cheese Florentine

Ingredients

• cooked rice

  cooled
  3 cups
• -ounce package frozen chopped spinach

  thawed and drained
  1 10 unit
• cottage cheese
  2 cups
• grated Parmesan cheese
  1/3 cup
• salt
  1 teaspoon
• ground black pepper
  1/8 teaspoon
• eggs

  beaten
  4 unit
• dry bread crumbs
  3 tablespoons
• chopped pecans

  toasted
  1/4 cup