Bean Soup Ready to Boil

Bean Soup Ready to Boil
Originally uploaded by Amber & Adolph.

• 2 cp Black Beans
• 2 Quarts Water
• 1 Onion, Chopped
• 1 Ham Hock equiv stuff from Pensey's Spices
• 2 Cloves Garlic
• .5 tsp thyme
• .5 tsp oregano
• 1 tbsp mystery red pepper powder your mom brought back from Eastern Europe
• 1 OXO Veggie Boulion Cube
• 2 Bay Leaves
• Juice of 3 lemons and 3 limes

Prepare Beans: Rinse and peck through them all. Boil about 2 quarts water and let stand for an hour.

Prepare Soup: Drain and rinse beans. Put beans in stock pot and add 2 quarts of water and all ingredients except for the lemon/lime juice. Bring to boil, forget about the whole thing for a bit and then bring it down to a simmer for an hour and a half. Remove the bay leaves. Remove 3 cups of beans, puree, then mix back in. Leave the whole thing simmering for a couple hours until dinner time. Serve with little cubes of pepper-jack cheese which melts right in and a bit of the lemon/lime juice on top.