Black Bean & Corn Soup

Ingredients:
1 onion
little bit of oil (2 TB?)
Garlic (2-4 spoonfulls?)
1 28 oz can crushed or diced tomatoes
2 cups chicken broth
2 15 oz. cans black beans
Frozen corn (1-2 cups?)
Any other seasoning that you want (oregano, pepper, basil are favorites here)


Directions:
Chop the onion and heat it, the oil, and garlic on medium heat until soft/translucent
Add in the tomatoes and chicken broth
Drain and rinse the beans, add them
Add the corn (I just eyeball it when I stir in straight from the bag, which is why the measurement is a guess) and spices

Cook until it bubbles a bit, then serve. Husband swears it tastes best with some mozzarella cheese on top.



Original recipe here, but you can see I made alterations.

Ignore the potatoes; those were for another soup

Edamame Salad

Notes:

1) Edamame is a type of soy bean. You should be able to find it at most grocery stores in the produce section.

2) There are no particular amounts in this recipe; it's all done to taste.

Ingredients:

Edamame

Mango

Corn

Red onion

Cilantro (very little is needed)

Coconut (optional; see variation)

Directions:

Put edamame in a bowl

Add diced up mango (which is a pain to peel and dice, I know, but it's taste contrasts perfectly with the edamame and it's really the key ingredient.)

Dice up red onion and add

Add corn

Mix everything up and finish with a bit of cilantro on top

Variation:

Skip the red onion and cilantro

Add in some shredded coconut

We were out of red onion and cilantro, so this is just with edamame, mango, and corn.