Vegetarian Barley-Vegetable Soup

Recipe Ingredients

1		Onions - peeled & diced (medium)
1		Carrots - scraped & diced (large)
1		Celery - chopped
3 tablespoons	45ml	Butter or margarine
1		Tomatoes - chopped-1 lb 12 oz
8 cups	1896ml	Water
1 teaspoon	5ml	Dried basil
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Dried thyme
2 teaspoons	10ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Pepper
1 cup	237ml	Pearl barley
2 cups	320g / 11oz	Frozen green beans or peas *
1 tablespoon	15ml	Chopped fresh dill

Recipe Instructions

* (cut up up the frozen green beans or green peas to make 2 cups)

Saute onions, carrots, and celery in heated butter or margarine in a large kettle for 5 minutes.

Add tomatoes, water, basil, thyme, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Stir in barley and lower heat. Cook slowly, covered, 1 1/2 hours, until barley is tender.

Stir in beans or peas during last 10 minutes of cooking. Remove from heat and stir in dill.

Good for informal lunch or supper.

Source:
Bon Appetit

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