Tasty Tuesday ~ Black Bean Soup

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• I can say that hands down, one of the BEST things to do for a new family is cook them a meal. I can't be more grateful for my friends that rallied with all three babies and brought food to us. Although I will say at the end of the first 3 weeks I was pretty "red sauced" out :) So with the baby boom going on around me, I have been busy making "new baby" meals...one of my FAVORITE meals that was brought to me when I had Lucy was this Black Bean Soup.
  
  
  BLACK BEAN SOUP:
  6 CANS OF BLACK BEANS
  1 CAN OF PETIT DICED TOMATOES
  1lb BABY CARROTS
  5 CELERY STALKS
  3 GARLIC CLOVES
  1 WHITE ONION
  1tbsp CUMIN
  BLACK PEPPER
  6 CHX BOUILLON CUBES
  1tbsp OLIVE OIL
• Chop the celery, carrots, onion and garlic and put into a LARGE pot with olive oil to saute. Add Cumin and Black pepper depending on how spicy the family likes it.
  
  
• While the veggies are sauteing, put the beans and tomato's (don't drain) into a food processor and quick blend so that they mixture is still a bit chunky. ADD mixture to the sauteed veggies.
  
  
• Heat 3 cups of water with CHX bullion cubes and add to the pot.
  
  
• Simmer on low for 3 hours stirring often so that the soup does not burn to the bottom of the pan....lol...I did this for a friend about 3 months ago and accidentally burnt the bottom of the pan....I asked her husband if the soup was okay... he said it was good... but .... did you add coffee to the soup???
  
  
  Top with sour cream and serve with Tortillas... If the family is a "gluten free" family you can sub flour tortillas with GF corn tortillas. You can get GF canned beans and CHX bouillon in the health food section at your local store...most modern stores actually have a GF section to make this easy.
  
  
  What satisfys your post baby cravings???