easy black bean soup recipe

okay, so for some reason i feel compeled to post this. for those who don't know, i'm a foodie. i like figuring out new ways to make things. well, tonight i hit jackpot on a blackbean soup recipe. i mean, it's not latino's blackbean soup, but it's still damn good.

i used V8 juice and a cube of fake beef stock (the vegetarian kind, though you could use the actual cow kind)as the base.

so, maybe i'll try and write this as an actual recipe, although i'm miserable with amounts so these are nothing more than guidelines, if you want more or less then go for it.

oh, and for those who don't read recipes often (i'm thinking of two of you in particular here...)you probably already know this, but just in case, the T is for tablespoon and the t is for teaspoon.

-4 (19 ounces) cans of black beans (drained and rinsed)
-4 cups V8 or vegetable cocktail stuff, or hell, tomato juice
-1 cube beef (or fake beef) stock
-4 T salsa
-1 onion minced
-2 cloves of garlic (minced or crushed or however you want to do it)
-juice of one lime (or just squeeze in some 'real lime', or hell, leave it out if you don't have any around)
-3 t ground cumin
-2 t oregano
-dash of worcheshire sauce
-ground pepper to taste.

so, sautee the onions and garlic in a bit of olive oil until they brown a bit, then add a bit of the V8 to slow the cooking and put in one of the cans of black beans and smoosh 'em with a potato masher (this will give a nice thick texture) and add the cumin and oregano. then put in the rest of the ingredients and just let it simmer for a bit.

seriously, it took me longer to write out this recipe than it did to cook. it sounds more complicated now that i have written it down, but i promise it's soooo easy.