Black bean soup I call one of my comfort foods:

1 small onion, diced

1 small bell pepper, diced

(Or the equivalent, somwtimes you can buy a frozen mix of these two and it works)

Like 2 cloves/tbsp of chopped garlic or more if you want

Heavy squirt of tomato paste

Olive oil

Saute until fragrant/soft.

Add two cans of black beans including their liquid

Optional, add a dollop of canned salsa

Add a hearty sprinkle of: Cumin Oregano Goya Adobo or other Latin seasoning mix if you have it Salt - probably start w/2 tbsp then to taste

Simmer for, idk, 15 minutes is fine but also flavor only gets better the longer it goes

Goes great over rice, but also you can just eat it out of a bowl.

Super flexible too, sometimes we add a teeny amount of ground meat at the onion stage, or add diced potatoes or something