The Hands-Off Black Bean Soup You Want in Rotation

This is your week in meals: chicken and dumplings, almond-crusted chicken, and more. [Today On The Spruce]( [The Spruce Daily]( [The Hands-Off Black Bean Soup You Want in Rotation]( [The Hands-Off Black Bean Soup You Want in Rotation]( This is your week in meals, starting with a super simple but incredibly delicious black bean soup. It combines bacon, spices and aromatics, and delicious toppings like avocado, tortilla chips, and pickled red onions for a burst of flavor and incredible textures. We like ours a little chunky, but you can purée it for a creamy alternative. [READ MORE]( [Today On The Spruce](#) What to Make This Week Tuesday [Low-Carb Chicken and Dumplings]( Wednesday [Classic Cajun Dirty Rice]( Thursday [Almond Crusted Chicken]( [Almond Crusted Chicken]( Friday [Air Fryer Fish Sticks]( [Air Fryer Fish Sticks]( [Grocery Prices Are Rising]( [Grocery Prices Are Rising—But There’s Good News for Cheese Lovers]( If you’ve been to the grocery store in the past year, you probably noticed your grand total creeping upwards. You’re not the only one battling a big grocery bill: Thanks to ongoing supply chain issues around the world, many kitchen staples are pricier than ever, which means you might be struggling to stay within your designated grocery budget. [Today On The Spruce](#) The Spruce Eats on YouTube [Pro Chef Makes Pancit Canton, Cantonese Noodles ]( [Pro Chef Makes Pancit Canton, Cantonese Noodles]( [Watch & Learn]( [Today On The Spruce]( [Spruce Eats Banner]( Things We’re Reading, Loving, Pondering For The Atlantic, cookbook author Reem Kassis writes about [national cuisine as a useful social construct](. This sentence in particular has stayed with me: “When your birthplace is out of reach or your identity is questioned, a food heritage sometimes feels like all you have.” I also loved [this gorgeous baking roundup]( in the New York Times that aims to delight and educate (I need to make that butter mochi). If you haven’t watched the BBC’s “Two Fat Ladies,” [this story on Eater]( will convince you to change that. And lastly, even though Valentine’s Day has come and gone, that doesn’t mean you should sleep on Ina and Jeffrey’s [romantic playlist](. — Arie Knutson, Associate Editorial Director [Today On The Spruce](#) New at The Spruce Eats [Classic English Egg Custard Tart]( [Fried Pickles]( [The Most Perfect Chocolate Buttercream Frosting]( [Today On The Spruce](#) Did somebody forward you this email? [Sign Up for The Spruce Eats Newsletter!]( Have feedback? Send us an email at contact@thespruceeats.com, subject line: Newsletter Feedback. [The Spruce]( [The Spruce]( Follow us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to The Spruce Eats newsletter. [Unsubscribe](page=spruceeatsprefnew) © 2022 Dotdash.com — All rights reserved. [Privacy Policy.]( A DOTDASH BRAND 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10005