 This frigid weather demands a pot of hot soup on the stove and tonight I'm going to show you how easy it is to make a pot of black bean soup. Really delicious and it's good for you too. So I started by already sauteing one large red onion. So about this size that I chopped up and put it in a little bit of oil on medium heat. I sauteed it probably for five to eight minutes. I like to get it really nice and soft and almost to the point where it's caramelized because that will give you lots of flavor. Then I added some minced garlic, about four cloves of minced garlic and half teaspoon of ground cumin. Cook that just for about a minute and that's where I am right now. I've got nice soft onions that are a little caramelized and all I'm going to do is add four cups of vegetable broth. Put that into your pot along with two cans of black beans that I've rinsed and drained. Add that to the pot and I'm going to put it back on the stove, get it back to a simmer and let it simmer for about 10 minutes. Once the soup has simmered for about 10 minutes I'm going to add half cup of cilantro leaves, the whole leaves and at this point you can either put this into your blender in batches and blend it up a little bit. This is a soup you don't want totally pureed, you don't want it real smooth. I like to have a little bit of texture to it. I'm going to use my hand blender to do this because I have more control over the texture. I like to top the soup with a little sour cream, some avocado, maybe a little more cilantro and there you have it. How easy is that? One, two, three, you've got a nice hot pot of soup on the stove for these cold days. I'm Sue Dodin sharing Good Food for Good Life 365.