Black Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. black beans
1 large yellow onion
3 large cloves garlic
3 cans low-fat low sodium chicken broth
2 Tbsp. chili powder
2 Tbsp. paprika
3 squirts Tabasco
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. ground cumin
jambalaya seasoning to taste
reduced-fat turkey sausage
2 bay leaves

Preparation

Brown sliced turkey sausage in nonstick pan.
Put browned sausage in large pot with all other ingredients.
Simmer 2 1/2 hours.
Thirty minutes before soup is done, take out 1/4 to 1/3 of beans.
Put in blender and make a paste, then put back into soup to thicken.
Garnish with fat-free cheese or fat-free sour cream.