Recipe: Barley Vegetable Soup

BARLEY VEGETABLE SOUP

2 quarts chicken broth
1/2 cup barley
onion, chopped
carrot, peeled and chunked
celery stalk, chopped
parsley sprigs
1 teaspoon thyme leaves
bay leaf
8 cups other vegetables*

Place ingredients in large pot and bring to boil. Add salt and pepper to taste. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 1 hour, or until barley is tender. Remove parsley and bay leaf.

Divide if not using entire soup at one meal. Half a batch should serve 4 with addition of vegetables suggested below.

*Suggestions for "other vegetables" listed in ingredients:
2 cups green beans
3 carrots, peeled and sliced
2 zucchini, sliced thickly
2 cups broccoli
2 cups cauliflower florets
2 stalks celery
8 oz. mushrooms, washed and thinly sliced.

Servings: 8
Source: Walla Walla Sweet Onion Marketing Committee