Shopping Around The World - Soup

Today is Bacon's shopping around the world. The item we are sharing is soup.

The Canadian Dollar is worth .73 US cents, .65 Euros,  and 1.02 Australian Dollars.

I recently came across this recipe on All Recipes, for a black bean soup. I am not much of a chef (I don't enjoy cooking), but this is one of the easiest and yummiest things I make. 

Here is what you need:

• 2 cans of black beans - $1.49 a can
• 1 1/2 cups of veggie broth - on sale for $2 a box
• 1 cup of salsa - $4.49
• 1 teaspoon of cumin - the jar is about $7

The total price to make a pot (as you use half the box of broth and about half the salsa and a tiny bit of cumin) is under $7. This will make up my lunch for at least 4 days this week.

Now for the recipe:

Wash the beans, add them and the stock to the blender. (The recipe says to blend the salsa too, but I don't, I like the little bit of texture it adds).

It turns a beautiful purply colour

Pour into a sauce pan, add the salsa.

Add the cumin. 

Stir and heat up. It is that easy!

The recipe suggests topping with a little sour cream and green onion. Since I am living a low dairy life (and am not wasting my dairy on that), I serve with a handful of my new favourite corn chips, which are about $5 a bag.

If you decide to try this, let me know what you think!