{"id":4449,"date":"2010-09-27T19:19:05","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T01:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2010-09-27T19:24:07","modified_gmt":"2010-09-28T01:24:07","slug":"black-bean-sweet-potato-and-sausage-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/27\/black-bean-sweet-potato-and-sausage-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Bean, Sweet Potato and Sausage Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Even though the temperature is now in the 80’s, it was in the upper 40’s here this morning. \u00a0This cooler weather inspired me to make a more fall-like dish for dinner. \u00a0I love sweet potatoes, but rarely cook with them…I can’t tell you why, it’s just a problem I have. \u00a0They’re so good for you, and a great fall ingredient. \u00a0I also like their versatility. \u00a0Sweet potatoes can be used in tons of dishes, both sweet and savory. \u00a0You can even make fries with them! \u00a0I am sure the deep frying that makes sweet potato fries so delicious cancels out some of their nutritive value, but it still makes me feel better to eat them instead of regular french fries. \u00a0Some of you are saying, “You know that you can bake sweet potato fries in the oven” but you and I both know they’re not as good. \u00a0Sorry.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I don’t know how I arrived at this recipe. \u00a0I searched for sweet potato soup recipes and ended up with black beans and sausage in there at some point. \u00a0I found a lot of variations with similar basic ingredients, so I used a few recipes and combined what I liked about each of them to make this soup.<\/p>\n

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This recipe from Epicurious<\/a> uses dried black beans, so I used this recipe from Laura’s Kitchen<\/a> also which uses canned. \u00a0I used ingredients from both, which are almost identical. \u00a0I used smoked turkey sausage, 2 sweet potatoes, 2 cans of black beans, 1 medium yellow onion, a couple cloves of garlic, tomato paste and half chicken broth half water. \u00a0For spices I used cinnamon, cumin, chili powder, cayenne,\u00a0Worcestershire,\u00a0salt and pepper. \u00a0Use the cinnamon. \u00a0It is so yummy. \u00a0Laura’s recipe garnishes with cilantro, which is probably delicious.<\/p>\n

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I made simple cornbread to eat with the soup, and topped Ben’s off with a little sour cream and cheese. \u00a0I ate mine without the extras and thought it was pretty good. \u00a0The flavors were not overpowering, but it may need just a dash more salt. \u00a0The sweet potatoes were tender, but not mushy. \u00a0The black beans are so very tasty in this soup, and the sausage is a nice addition but not absolutely\u00a0necessary. \u00a0This would be great as a vegetarian soup, and I think I will make it that way next time.<\/p>\n

Black Bean, Sweet Potato and Sausage Soup<\/h6>\n

Adapted from epicurious.com and Laura’s Kitchen<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/p>\n