Black Bean Soup

I thought this might be a little boring but it's pretty good and easy as well. We had steamed asparagus with a weird flaxseed oil "mayonnaise" on it. It's really just cottage cheese blended with flax oil, bit of mustard and a few little pickles. Good way to get your flax. I also made some homemade oven chips (fries) with chopped potatoes tossed with a little olive oil and sea salt baked in a hot oven.

For the soup...

1 tin or heaping cup of black beans
1/2 small red onion
2 garlic cloves chopped
1/2 red bell pepper
about 4 med tomatoes
1 tsp cumin seeds
some chili powder and cayenne
sea salt and pepper
fresh flat leaf parsley

Drain your beans. Heat a sauce pan on med and put a bit of olive oil in it. Cook onions and garlic until soft. Add your chopped red bell pepper, cumin seeds and spices. Cook for a few min. Add the beans and a bit of water depending on how thick you want it. You can add a veggie stock cube if you want fuller flavor. I just put sea salt and pepper in it. Put two roughly chopped tomatoes in it. I blended it a bit with a hand stick blender so it was still chunky. Let it simmer for a bit and then before serving add the last two chopped tomatoes and a dollop of greek yogurt, sour creme, or the flax oil mayonnaise. Oh and chop some flat leaf parsley and add on top. Or coriander (cilantro). Lots of options for this dish. Like you could add sweet potato in it and serve with avocado as well.