Simple Vegetarian Black Bean Soup

On the search from some delectable soups to made these cold winter nights tolerable, I came across a few black bean soup recipes which I combined and modified to suit what I had in my cabinet. Very pleased how this came out and happy to have leftovers for tomorrow!

Ingredients

- 2 cans black beans

- 1 yellow onion, chopped

- 2 stalks of celery, chopped

- 2 cloves of garlic, minced

- 1 cup water

- cumin to taste

- sea salt to taste

Directions

Combine onion, celery, garlic, water over medium heat. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add black beans, cumin, sea salt and simmer for 5 more minutes. Remove from heat. Puree the soup ingredients. You can use an immersion blender if you have one but I love my new KitchenAid blender so much that I added all the ingredients into it and pureed it there. Pour into bowls, top with whatever you like (tomatoes, onions, cheese, etc).