Vegetarian Barley-Vegetable Soup Recipe

Wonderfully tastey soup recipe

• Meal Type: Soup
• Ethnicity: Other
• Holiday Category: N/A
• Preparation Time: Over 1 hour, less than 1 day

Ingredients

• 2 Med Onions, peeled & diced
• 2 g Carrots, scraped & diced
• 2 Stalks Celery, chopped
• 3 tb Butter or margarine
• 1 cn Tomatoes, chopped-1 lb 12 oz
• 8 c Water
• 1 ts Dried Basil
• 1/2 ts Dried Thyme
• 2 ts Salt
• 1/4 ts Pepper
• 1 c Pearl Barley
• 2 c Frozen green beans or peas
• 1 tb Chopped fresh Dill

Directions

1. Saute onions, carrots, and celery in heated butter or margarine in a large pot for 5 minutes
2. Add tomatoes, water, basil, thyme, salt, and pepper, and bring to a boil
3. Stir in barley and lower heat
4. Cook slowly, covered, 1 1/2 hours, until barley is tender
5. Stir in beans or peas during last 10 minutes of cooking
6. Remove from heat and stir in dill
7. Good for informal lunch or supper.