Black Bean Soup

Make a big pot of hot satisfying black bean soup with your favorite salad, biscuit or corn bread concoction on the side and you have the perfect meal!

Ingredients

• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• 1 small white onion, chopped
• 1 Tablespoon chili powder
• 1 Tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
• 2 cans black beans, rinsed and drained – 15 ounce cans
• 3 cups water
• 1/2 cups salsa
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 Tablespoon lime juice

Instructions

In a Dutch oven heat olive oil. Add onion and garlic, stirring until onion begins to soften. Add chili powder and cumin and cook for 1 minute. Add beans, water, salsa, red pepper flakes and salt.

Bring to a boil and reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lime juice.

Ladle half of the soup into a food processor and puree. Pour the puree mixture back into the Dutch oven and stir into the remaining soup. It is now ready to serve!

Makes 4 servings of about 1 1/4 cup each.