Cheers to another crockpot recipe! Cheers to not having to slave over the stove for hours on end! Cheers to all the busy moms out there who don’t have time for all that cooking shenanigans. Cheers because this recipe is for you!
I’m not a busy mom just yet but I love simplicity, and I want to try and make at least one crockpot meal a week for the winter! It’s so nice to throw all the ingredients into the crockpot and have dinner ready when you walk in the door! It makes your house smell so yummy and not only that, you are left with only a few dishes to clean up once you are done! What’s your favorite crockpot meal? This soup I was able to share with my girlfriends, Tiffani and Nicole, who came over for dinner last night. I really do love a weekday dinner date with friends. It just helps to break up the week! Anyone else agree?
Now if you decide to make this black bean soup, there is one step that is necessary before throwing everything into the crock pot – soaking the dry beans! If you don’t want to soak your beans over night, you can place them on the stove top, bring them to a boil, turn off the heat and let them soak for 1 hour in the hot water. Again, let me repeat…this step is crucial! I kinda skipped out on this and although my soup turned out fantastic, it took a bit longer to cook. I thought it would never to be ready and neither did Joe! Also, if you don’t want to use dried beans, you could always use canned black beans and you wouldn’t have to worry about hard beans. Nothing like taking a bit of the soup and almost breaking a tooth off! So to get to the good stuff, the recipe…
