Recipes Soup Bean Soup Black Bean Soup Summer Black Bean Soup with Corn and Tomatoes 5.0 (1) 1 Review This recipe works best with fresh corn and tomatoes at the height of the season. Add them in right at the end so they maintain their texture and fresh summer flavor. Slideshow: Healthy Soups By Phoebe Lapine Phoebe Lapine F&W Digital Food Awards Winner Website Feed Me Phoebe Profile Phoebe Lapine is an amazing self-taught cook who creates healthy takes on comfort food in her tiny Manhattan apartment. For a quesadilla, she sandwiches a small amount of cheddar cheese with melted leeks and grated carrots; for tacos, she blends avocado with nonfat Greek yogurt to make a healthier version of crema. "My philosophy is to eat a lot of good with a little bad," she says. A private chef and culinary instructor, she always teaches her students how to dice an onion properly. "The better they do it, the less they'll cry," she says. "I save people from a lot of tears." Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Published on January 27, 2014 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: © Phoebe Lapine Active Time: 10 mins Total Time: 35 mins Yield: 4 Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium sweet onion, diced 1 jalapeño pepper, ribs and seeds removed, minced 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon chili powder Sea salt Two 15-ounce cans black beans, rinsed and drained 1 quart vegetable stock 1 large tomato, cut into a 1/2-inch dice 1 cup fresh corn kernels 2 tablespoons lime juice Directions In a large Dutch oven or stock pot, heat the oil. Sauté the onion over medium-high heat until soft, 5 minutes. Add the jalapeño, garlic, cumin, chili powder and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook until fragrant, 2 minutes. Stir in the black beans and stock, strapping up any brown bits from the bottom of the pot. Bring to a boil and simmer over medium-low heat until the beans are tender and the soup has thickened, 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the tomatoes, corn and lime juice. Allow the soup to sit for 10 minutes, until the tomatoes are heated through. Taste for seasoning. Serve immediately. Rate it Print