Recipe - Barley Water

One half cup Barley
2 qt Chicken broth
Onion chopped
Carrot peeled & chunked
Celery stalk chopped
Parsley sprigs
1 teaspoon Thyme leaves
Bay leaf
8 cup 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 abnd 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 c. green beans, 3 carrots, peeled and cut or sliced up , 2 zucchini, cut or sliced up thickly,
2 cups broccoli, 2 cups cauliflower florets, 2 stalks celery, 8 oz. mush
rooms, washed and thinly cut or sliced up .

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