Our Cookbook Blog

Our Cookbook ~ What We Cook, is a compilation of every recipe we (Janice and Carissa) cook - recipes from our cookbook collections, our recipe boxes, and our heads! We set up this blog for friends and family who have our cookbook to let them see pictures we post of the recipes in the book, and also for us to note any corrections, revisions, or additions to What We Cook. We encourage people who are cooking our recipes to let us know how the recipes turn out and any suggestions they might want to make.

In addition, we will be sharing some of our new recipes (along with pictures) that are not in our cookbook. We hope you will help us out and test recipes and give us your comments.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Quick and Hearty Black Bean Soup ~ page 53

This was definitely quick to throw together. I didn't have much in the fridge or pantry to work with when planning dinner the other night. But I usually keep canned beans and tomatoes around for emergency dinners like this. The recipe says to add 1.5- 3 cups of chicken broth. Well, the one can of black beans is fine if you only add 1.5 cups of broth. But if you add 3 cups like I did, then you need to plan on adding in one more can of beans to add more substance. It sure had a great flavor that was even a little hot for my kiddoes since I used a can of Rotel instead of diced tomatoes...it had quite a little kick. Adam got all creative with his bowl and added a dollup of sour cream and said it was fabulous. Below you will see a pic to prove his happy face while eating it! --Carissa

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