It was
my first black bean soup, and will most certainly be made again in this house.
Not exact matches
So, it's kind of strange to me that the
first time I had
black bean soup was about two years ago at a Mexican restaurant.
You might be surprised to see that you need 3 cans of
black beans for this
soup; it seems like a lot at
first.
This
soup was the
first (perfect for a chilly Winter's night) and also made the Quinoa Salad with
Black Beans and Mangos.
The
first time I slurped some of it down after midnight, I decided to make
black bean soup my own tradition.
My favourite combination has always been
black beans and sweet potatoes and so it was my
first thought when developing this enchilada
soup recipe.
So of course, on that
first occasion that I was served vegetarian
black bean soup, I thought there was some mistake and I'd just taken a bite of something that had spent hours simmering away in some sport of meat base... or something like that.
So if you're suffering from wisdom tooth surgery you can safely and happily slurp on one of my favorite creamy pureed
soups, otherwise you've got my all time favorite quinoa
black bean pumpkin
soup to sample
first!
Black bean + tempeh tacos with cashew cheese sauce Spicy peanut stew with butternut squash + chickpeas Veggie spaghetti with mushrooms and lentils from Wholehearted Eats Roasted cauliflower and lentil tacos with creamy chipotle sauce from Cookie and Kate Creamy French lentils with mushrooms and kale from The
First Mess
Black lentil, sweet potato + kale chili with kabocha biscuits from Dolly and oatmeal Dal stuffed sweet potatoes from Green Kitchen Stories Spicy chickpea & sweet potato noodle
soup from My New Roots Red curry lentil stew from With Food + Love Shallot + herb chickpea flatbread from What's Cooking Good Looking
The recipe I
first had to try was this fast and easy
black bean soup.
We started off the day with cereal and fruit and had leftover pumpkin and
black bean soup for lunch (a favorite of both Ava and Julian who had his
first bowl full last night for dinner).
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (1 turn of the pan) 1 medium onion, finely chopped 3 cups canned vegetable stock, found on
soup aisle (I use a few cups of water and a few teaspoons of vegetarian chicken base here) 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice (I blend it
first so that it's not chunky, since a few family members don't like tomatoes) 1 (15 ounce) can
black beans, drained and rinsed 2 (15 ounce) cans pumpkin puree (avoid buying Libby — it's owned by Nestle) 1 cup corn, frozen or canned (drain and rinse if canned) 1 cup heavy cream (I use 1 % milk, but you can use soy milk as well) 1 tablespoon curry powder 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (I don't add this since my kids don't do spicy foods) coarse salt 20 sprigs fresh chives, chopped or snipped, for garnish