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Makes 2 servings<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Drain both cans of black beans, but do not rinse. Using a fork, loosely mash 2\/3 of the beans, reserving about 1\/3 cup unmashed. Combine both the whole and mashed beans in a saucepan with 1\/4 cup water or vegetable broth and a squeeze of lime juice. Begin warming over medium-high heat. Meanwhile…<\/p>\n Dice the roma tomato, mince a clove of garlic, slice the green onions, and chop the cilantro. Add all of this to the saucepan (reserving a few green onion slices for garnish). Then, add spices to taste – the combo of cumin, coriander, and cayenne is perfect. If the beans weren’t salted, add a little salt as well. Give the soup a taste and adjust any spices as needed. Let this simmer for a few minutes, allowing the flavors to meld together. <\/p>\n Pour the soup into serving bowls and top with avocado slices and the reserved green onions. You can serve with a side of avo toast to make everyone happier. <\/p>\n Before I modified this recipe into a soup, it was originally a bean dip that I created in a pinch… All I had was a can of beans and some spices, so I mashed the beans, added the spices, and ate with tortilla chips. That variation is just as delicious. To make a bean dip, prepare as instructed above, simply omit the vegetable broth to create a thicker consistency. Serve with chips or as a burrito filling.<\/p>\n The most common complaint I hear about cooking from scratch is that it takes too much time. This is just nonsense, of course. If you really want to cook healthy,… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,7],"tags":[33,26],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Ingredients:<\/h4>\n
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Step Two (5 min)<\/h4>\n
Step Three (1 min)<\/h4>\n
Variation<\/h4>\n
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