Herself's Recipes

This soup is full of good things for you and easy to make, although there are lots of pans involved. This soup is worth the effort.

2 cups dry black beans
2 cans diced, flavored tomatoes (I use Fresh Cut)
4 medium potatoes, diced small
1/2 large onion diced
2 Tablespoons of cooking oil
2 Tablespoons of basil (fresh if you can)
1 clove garlic minced
6 cubes of chicken bullion and 6 cups of water

Put black beans in a pan with water and boil until the beans are soft enough to chew.

In a skillet put oil, onion, garlic, basil, and potatoes and cook until potatoes are tender and onions are clear.

In a crock pot or in a large pot over a very low heat add the tomatoes with the juice, the chicken bullion, the cooked, drained and rinsed beans and the cooked potatoes and onions .

Cook over a very low heat or in crock pot 4 to 6 hours.

1/2 cup butter
1/c cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
1 6oz package chocolate chips
3/4 cup peanuts chopped
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt

cream butter and 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 brown sugar

add egg yolks and vanilla and mix well
mix dry ingredients and stir into butter mixture
press into a 9×13 pan

sprinkle chocolate chips over top
sprinkle 1/2 cup peanuts

beat 2 egg whites until firm
add 1 cup brown sugar, beat until stiff

spread over top

sprinkle with rest of peanuts

bake at 325 35 – 40 minutes