Showing posts with label black bean soup and jicama salad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label black bean soup and jicama salad. Show all posts

May 18, 2007

black bean soup & jicama salad

Tonight we had a spicy black bean soup. It is a quick dinner to make and everyone loves it. When I gave up meat for lent I would make this with vegetable broth instead of chicken broth.
We never have left-overs!
Heat 2 Tbsp olive oil in soup pot.
Add 1& 1/2 cups chopped purple onion,
2 garlic cloves
1 Tbsp cumin
1 & 1/2 chopped jalapeno.
Cook for 5 mins.
Add 2 x 15oz. cans black beans
1 litre chicken broth
juice of 1/2 a lime
1/2 cup corn (I forgot to put it in the picture)
bring to a boil, then let soup simmer for about 15 mins.
Just before serving stir in a bunch of cilantro.
While the soup was simmering I made a jicama salad. Jicama is a Mexican root vegetable and is very refreshing and totally delish.
I just mixed together
1 Tbsp lime juice, (next time I will use orange juice)
1 tsp olive oil,
salt & pepper,
1/2 cup purple onion,
1 Tbsp cilantro
and a julienne sliced jicama.
Here is the dinner. I also cut up some corn tortillas and crisped them up with a bit of vegetable oil.(put these in the soup instead of crackers) The jicama salad is served on a lettuce leaf. The black bean soup is served with a bit of sour cream, a slice of lime and extra jalapeno.
Pineapple and mangoes for dessert.mmm...