Beautiful day!

Hannah, Holly and I met to hike at Briones in Orinda today.  It could not of been a better day for a hike.  The temperature was 80, blue sky and great company.  

After the hike Hannah came over.  I made a new soup from a Weight Watchers.  I'll post it how I made it.  

Spicy Black Bean Soup

1 onion (I left this out b/c I hate onions!)

4 garlic cloves, minced

1 large zucchini, sliced into small pieces

3 red bell peppers, diced into small pieces

1 jalapano pepper, seeds thrown away and diced into small pieces

3 (15 1/2 oz) can black beans, undrained

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper

1 (14 1/2 oz) can vegetable broth

1 (14 1/2 oz) can diced tomatoes with green chilies (like rotel)

1 (11 oz) can sweet corn, drained

Spray large pot with nonstick spray and place over medium-high heat.  Add the onion, garlic, zucchini, bell peppers, and jalapeno.  Saute the veggies until limp.  Add 2 cans of beans, cumin, crushed red pepper and broth.  Use a submergible blender (or put all the ingredients in a blender) and puree.  Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer uncovered until slightly thickened, 20-25 minutes.  Serves 8

Per 1 1/2 cup serving Cal 186, Fat 0 , Fiber 10g, protein 10g  3 weight watchers points.  

Recipe adapted and taken from Best Eats by Weight Watchers.  

(I added the bell peppers, zucchini and jalapeno so the nutritional count might be slightly off. )

Side Note: I am not a fan of slimmy things in my soup so I pureed my tomatoes too.  

I served this soup with cornbread which was a ice addition but added a lot of points (because I pigged out on 2 1/2 muffins!)  But I am happy I stayed under (barely) in my point count for the day!

I weigh in tomorrow.  I am really hoping to hit 40lbs but I am not sure I can lose 1.8 lbs from thurs to monday!  Wish me luck!  I am really wanting my water proof MP3 player that I can swim with.  That is what I am rewarding myself with when I lose 40lbs!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Murn