Simple Black Bean Quinoa Soup Food

SIMPLE BLACK BEAN QUINOA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large cooking pot over medium heat.
• Add onion and saute for about 5 minutes or until the onions are softened.
• Add garlic and cook for 1 minute more.
• Add the remaining soup ingredients, except for the garnishes, to the pot and stir to combine.
• Raise heat to high bring soup to a low boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes.
• Garnish with avocado and cilantro, if desired

SPICY BLACK BEAN AND QUINOA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion, celery, and carrot; cook and stir until onion is translucent and celery and carrot are crisp-tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in garlic, paprika, and red pepper flakes; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Pour chicken broth, water, and quinoa into the saucepan. Bring to a simmer; reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and cook until quinoa is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Stir in diced tomatoes with juice, black beans, and corn. Bring back to a simmer and cook, uncovered, until black beans are heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

VEGAN BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup pot over medium heat, sauté the onion and garlic in 1/4 cup water until soft and translucent, about 5 to 6 minutes.
• Add the red bell pepper and sauté 2 to 3 minutes until starting to soften.
• Add the cumin, oregano, smoked paprika and salt and sauté another minute or two until the spices are fragrant.
• Add the black beans, tomatoes and vegetable broth. (Start with 3 cups of broth, you can add more later if you like a thinner soup). Increase heat to high to bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 15 to 20 minutes.
• Using an immersion blender, purée as much as the soup as you like (I do about 1/2). Alternately, you can carefully transfer 1/2 of the soup to a blender, purée, and add back to the pot. Add the other cup of broth if you like a thinner soup.
• Serve hot with the toppings of your choice.

VEGAN BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and pepper and sauté for 5 minutes. Add quinoa, garlic and chili powder and sauté another 3 minutes.
• Stir in broth, black beans, carrots, corn, bay leaf, salt, and pepper.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer covered for 20 minutes. Stir in cilantro and lime juice and garnish to serve.

QUINOA AND BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion and garlic, and saute until lightly browned.
• Mix quinoa into the saucepan and cover with the broth. Season with cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes,
• Stir frozen corn into the saucepan, and continue to simmer about 5 minutes until heated through. Mix in the black beans, cilantro and lime juice. Top with chopped tomatoes.

INSTANT POT MEXICAN QUINOA AND BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Add water to the Instant Pot. Sprinkle in the quinoa. Dump in the black beans and top the beans with the salsa. Add in the bay leaf, cumin, salt and garlic powder.
• Cover the Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure the valve is set to sealing. Set the manual pressure cook button to 1 minute. When the time is up let the pot sit for 10 minutes then move the valve to venting. Remove the lid.
• Gently stir in the lime juice.
• Scoop the quinoa onto plates and top with avocado slices and any other options you like.

HEARTY QUINOA AND WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Add onions, carrots and celery, and sauté until barely tender, about 5 minutes. Add beans and garlic and stir for 2 minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes and their juices, and vegetable stock. Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add quinoa, parsley, oregano or other herb, and bay leaf. Cover and simmer until quinoa is cooked, 12 to 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Remove bay leaf and serve.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH BLACK BEAN QUINOA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the olive oil, cumin, paprika, chili powder, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Stir in the butternut squash, coating in the oil and spices.
• Spread the squash across a sheet pan. Roast for 25-30 minutes until it is tender and starting to brown at the edges.
• While the squash is roasting, make the quinoa. Bring the water and quinoa to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 12 minutes until the quinoa is cooked and the water has been absorbed. Let the quinoa sit for 5 minutes before fluffing with a fork.
• Combine the roasted squash and black beans in a large bowl. Stir in the lime juice. Then fold in the quinoa, scallions and cilantro.

BLACK BEAN & CORN QUINOA

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, red pepper, celery and seasonings; cook and stir 5-7 minutes or until vegetables are tender., Stir in stock and corn; bring to a boil. Stir in quinoa. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 12-15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed., Add beans and 1/3 cup cilantro; heat through, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle with remaining cilantro.

BLACK BEAN QUINOA SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup pot, heat 2-3 tablespoons water, add onion and green pepper and water saute until tender, about 5 minutes, adding more water if needed to prevent sticking. Add garlic and saute another 30 seconds, until fragrant. Add the tomatoes, cumin, chili powder and red pepper flakes and cook for 2-3 minutes, until tomatoes soften. Add carrots and vegetable broth, bring to a boil, stir in the quinoa, reduce heat, cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add black beans and continue cooking until heated through and quinoa is tender, about 10 minutes. Add spinach or kale and stir until wilted. Remove from heat and stir in cilantro and lime juice. Serve garnished with chopped avocado.

BLACK BEAN QUINOA SOUP

Steps:

• Chop onion, bell pepper, garlic and carrot and put in large soup pot (at least 6 quarts).
• Add diced tomato, cumin, chili powder, cilantro, red pepper flakes and beans to soup pot.
• Add quinoa and broth to soup pot.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and cook for 30 minutes.
• Add spinach and lime juice and cook until spinach is thawed, stirring occasionally.