{"id":1487,"date":"2012-01-03T20:43:35","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T20:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melissaetto.com\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2012-01-03T20:48:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T20:48:46","slug":"a-warm-bowl-of-soup-on-a-snowy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.melissaetto.com\/?p=1487","title":{"rendered":"A Warm Bowl of Soup on a Snowy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We finally got our first real snow of the season.\u00a0 So much for not having to use the snow blower this year!\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Snow\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaetto.com\/Pictures\/snow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was also the first day back to school for Dane.\u00a0 He was pretty bummed they didn&#8217;t call off school.\u00a0 I spent my morning trying to get our house back in some order after the holidays.\u00a0 Cleaning and putting decorations away then I decided I wanted something yummy, warm, comforting and filling for lunch.<\/p>\n<p>I decided I would make black bean soup.\u00a0 I have a recipe that is from the restaurant<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bahamabreeze.com\/recipes\/appetizers\/black_bean_soup.asp\"> Bahama Breeze<\/a>.\u00a0 I have made it a few times and haven&#8217;t made it about a year or more.\u00a0 It makes for a perfect meal on a cold and snowy day.\u00a0 It is easy to make and makes enough for an army.<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\">\n<table class=\"ERHDTable\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"item ERName\"><span class=\"fn\">Black Bean Soup<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"ERRatingOuter\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"ERRatingInner\" style=\"width: 0%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"review hreview-aggregate\"><span class=\"rating\"><span class=\"average\">#ratingval#<\/span> from <span class=\"count\">#reviews#<\/span> reviews<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"ERHDPrint\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"btnERPrint\" style=\"display: none;\">Print<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">Bahama Breeze Recipe<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">4 cans (15 oz. each) Black Beans<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">3 slices, rough chopped Bacon, Sliced<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 tbsp. Olive Oil<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 bottle (12 oz.) Beer<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">cup Water<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 tbsp. Sherry, Dry<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">cup Onions, diced<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">cup Green peppers, diced<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 tbsp. Garlic<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">tsp. Ground Cumin<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 tsp. Tabasco sauce<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">To Taste Adobo seasoning, salt and pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Heat oil in a pot on medium heat.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add the chopped bacon and saut\u00e9 for 1 minute.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add the peppers, onions and garlic. Saut\u00e9 for approximately 2 minutes.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add the beer and Tabasco sauce, and bring to a boil.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add 3 cans of beans with their juice and bring back to a boil.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Using a hand held kitchen blender, puree the soup until smooth.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add the remaining 1 can of beans and bring back to a boil.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add the Sherry wine, and season to taste with Adobo seasoning or salt and pepper.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Serve hot with sour cream or steamed rice<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERLinkback\" style=\"display: none;\">Google Recipe View Microformatting by <a title=\"Wordpress Recipe Plugin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orgasmicchef.com\/easyrecipe\/\" target=\"_blank\">Easy Recipe<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">2.1.7<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"black bean soup\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaetto.com\/Pictures\/blackbeansoup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I make mine as the recipe states but I don&#8217;t add the water.\u00a0 With the juice from the beans the soup is perfect.\u00a0 I would add water if it were too thick but I have never had to.\u00a0 I serve mine with Low Fat Sour Cream and a little shredded cheese.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a Weight Watchers member the Points Plus Value for one cup of this soup is 5.\u00a0 The sour cream and cheese are extra.\u00a0 It makes a very filling lunch and a tasty one too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We finally got our first real snow of the season.\u00a0 So much for not having to use the snow blower this year!\u00a0 It was also the first day back to school for Dane.\u00a0 He was pretty bummed they didn&#8217;t call off school.\u00a0 I spent my morning trying to get our house back in some order [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[149,150],"class_list":["post-1487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whats-cooking","tag-black-bean-soup-recipe","tag-points-5-black-bean-soup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.melissaetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.melissaetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.melissaetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.melissaetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.melissaetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1487"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.melissaetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1496,"href":"http:\/\/www.melissaetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions\/1496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.melissaetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.melissaetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.melissaetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}