Saturday, November 11, 2006

black bean soup and other too early musings

I slept away my day off, and I could sleep more.  No adventures to report.  Blah.

But I do have yet another recipe that is well-received in the Broadaway household.  By the way, if you have a good casserole recipe, send it my way - I'm getting into one-dish meals.  And Christmas is coming!  If you have a favorite cookie/cake recipe, send that too!  In other words..HELP!  ;-)

Black Bean Soup

2 cans chicken broth
4 cans black beans
1 large or 2 small jars of salsa - your preference, mild, medium or hot, or mix them. i use medium.
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1/2 cup onions, chopped
1-2 tablespoons red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon oil
2 tablespoons lime juice

puree 2 cans of black beans and blend into chicken broth.  add remaining 2 cans of beans. in the meanwhile, sautee pepper flakes, onions and garlic in the oil for 3 minutes. add to bean and broth mixture.  add salsa and lime juice.  simmer for 30 minutes. 

this is good served over rice, or with a dollop of non-fat sour cream.  and now, I shall share my famous cornbread recipe, which is good with this.

Corn bread mix, the white corn meal variety (buttermilk, preferably)..
look for directions on back of bag and follow.
bake in a cast iron skillet according to package directions.

works like a charm!  hehehe!

great big *WINK*

happy weekend, y'all.




3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds yummy! I'm going to put it on my list! Sometime soon I'll ask for one dish meal suggestions at Life's Little Challenges. Martha :-)

Anonymous said...

Okay.  I just now got online, so it's too late for me to make this soup today, but I plan to make it soon.  It sounds great!  I have a zucchini casserole recipe that is a hit wherever I take it.  Would you like to have it?
Lori

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the recipe. Paula