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Creamy Black Bean Peanut Soup

By Opal Tribble • Aug 21st, 2007 • Category: The Cooked, Vegan, Vegetarian, What's Cooking/Uncooking?

Creamy Black Bean Peanut Soup

2 cup cooked black beans
2 cups (or more) of water
1 cup cooked black eye peas
1 medium onion
1 tsp ground coriander
3 tbsp creamy peanut butter
2 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
2 cloves of freshly ground garlic
1 tsp freshly ground ginger
1 tbsp olive oil

Directions

  1. Add pot to stove
  2. Add olive oil in pot
  3. Place onions, garlic, ginger, and coriander in pot cook until onions turn clear
  4. Add beans, nutritional yeast, and one cup of water
  5. Stir constantly so the ingredients won’t stick gradually add more liquid until you reach the desired consistency. I like my soups thick so I don’t add too much water.
  6. Add peanut butter stir until smooth
  7. Enjoy!

You could add vegetables while you are preparing this dish and would be delicious. I prefer adding fresh chopped vegetables after the meal has been prepared. Last evening I was inspired to create this dish because of the cool weather we had. Fall is my second favorite time of year. My first favorite season is winter. I’m eagerly awaiting cooler weather, harvesting fall vegetables, and snuggling up outside with my daughter watching the sunsets and eating a bowl of creamy black bean peanut soup.

This was the first time my daughter had this version and first she did not want to try it. However, I told her to just take one bite if she didn’t like it she would not have to eat it. She loved it and ate two and a half bowls. The rest she declared would be eaten today.

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13 Responses »

  1. The Soup That Wasn’t… on August 21st, 2007 at 8:42 am:

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  2. Beth Ellen on August 21st, 2007 at 9:12 am:

    This looks interesting…I am trying to imagine the black-eye peas with the black beans…not a mix I would think to do myself. I might have to try this sometime.

  3. Opal Tribble on August 21st, 2007 at 10:03 am:

    Hi Beth,
    I love black eyed peas but if you don’t care for them you can just use black beans, or even add chick peas. I’ve used both and they are all delicious. I don’t think I ever tried it with black beans so I thought I would check it out. I loved it!

  4. Harmonia on August 21st, 2007 at 2:17 pm:

    I am certainly going to try this one!!! I don’t buy a lot of Black eyed Peas so I think it would be a great way to add them more frequently into my diet…I like them…I just don’t always think about them. AND they aren’t always available believe it or not (locally). So…incase there is one of those times where they aren’t available…what other bean would work in it’s place??? jw But I do intend to try it with the black eyed peas when I can…

  5. Harmonia on August 21st, 2007 at 2:18 pm:

    Of course if I would have read Beth’s comment and your response above I would have already seen that you answered that question…sigh…sorry about that.

  6. Beth Ellen on August 21st, 2007 at 2:25 pm:

    I like black-eyed peas once in awhile…it was more the combo I wondered about. lol They have such a distinct flavor and texture.

    It’s ok Harmonia…no one every listens to me. :grin: :roll:
    Time for a nap…. :arrow:

  7. Harmonia on August 23rd, 2007 at 9:02 am:

    Hi! I wanted to let you know that I posted my Thursday Photo Challenge and it was a LARGE Vegan Meal I made a while back. A little messy but good. :)
    Awww…Beth Ellen…I’m sorry!!! I listen to you…really I do!

  8. Sergey on September 4th, 2007 at 1:45 pm:

    Greetings. Very good site. By the way, my mum too reads it.

  9. teeni on September 5th, 2007 at 12:08 am:

    This seems easier than I thought it would be. But it looks/sounds declicious. I just bought some new peanut butter!!

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  11. Jason Pearson on March 11th, 2008 at 10:33 pm:

    This looks like a great soup. I never thought to add peanut butter to anything but desserts. Thanks for sharing.

    Also, I love that your first instruction is to add pot to stove! I need very detialed instructions like that.

  12. Online Traffic Formula on March 12th, 2008 at 2:17 pm:

    I’d have to agree with Jason Pearson! There are many other people like myself who need that extra help and a lot of detail. I appreciate the post and should be coming back for more recipes! Thanks!

  13. Vegan Momma makes African peanut stew; Simple, nutritious, and delicious | Vegan Momma on May 30th, 2008 at 7:12 am:

    [...] few days ago I made a version of the Creamy Black Bean Peanut Soup that I had written about last year in my post titled The Soup That Wasn’t. Oh my, it was [...]

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