Easy Black Bean Soup
3 cups Water 2 cans Black Beans 2 Stalks celery, chopped 1 Onion, chopped 1 tbsp Olive oil 2 Cloves Garlic 1 tbsp Fresh Ginger, chopped fine Black pepper to taste
Heat oil in skillet. Sauté onion until tender (5 min?). Add Celery, garlic, ginger -- cook 1-2 mins more to release flavors. Add everything else and simmer 30 mins or so to mix flavors and thicken a little.