Black Beans

Here's another great recipe.... very easy. I love doing this because I can buy a 1 lb. bag of black beans for like 1$, cook them, and get 5-6 snack snize ziplocs full of cooked beans. I feel like this is way more economical than buying a can of black beans (which is usually more than we can eat at once) for more than a 1$/can. If we don't use all our beans from our freezer bags, I just pop them back in the freezer. This was a great way to give our little boy baby food. He loved black beans, so I kept really small portions (in ice cube trays) of beans for him. Yummy, and healthy!!

Black Beans
In crock pot combine 6-8 c. liquid, 16 oz. dry black beans. 1T. of each: Oregano, chili powder, garlic, onion salt, chicken stock(I didn't have this, so I didn't add it and they still tasted great), canned tomatoes(I also didn't add this, but I'm going to sometime!), cumin, I didn't add these next two ingredients, only because I didn't have them, and the beans were still delicios! fresh jalapeno, crushed red pepper. Simmer overnight (or, I just put them in my crockpot in the morning and cooked them on low for about 8 hours. At about 6 hours, I started checking them to see if they were done, and stirring them every so often - it did end up being about 8 hours).