Recipe - Potato-Barley Soup With Wild Mushrooms

2 cup Vegetable stock
2 cup Diced and peeled red
potatoes
1 cup Pearled barley
2 cup Sliced onions
6 cup Sliced domestic and wild
mushrooms; (such as
chanterelles)
2 tablespoon Minced garlic
2 teaspoon Minced fresh basil
2 tablespoon Minced fresh parsley
Salt and pepper

(The oil in the original recipe was deleted and the revised recipe tested.)

Serves 8.

A more elegant version of the soup uses wild mushrooms. Thin the soup with
more stock if desired.

In large Dutch oven over mediumhigh heat, combine stock, potatoes and
barley and bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer, uncovered, 25 minutes
until potatoes are soft. Transfer to large bowl, leaving One half cup liquid in
pot.

Bring to simmer. Add onions and cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add
mushrooms and garlic and cook 10 minutes until mushrooms exude moisture.
Return reserved barleypotato mixture to pot. Add basil and parsley and
bring to boil. Lower heat. Cover and cook 15 minutes until flavors blend.
Add salt and pepper to taste.

Nutrition information per serving: Calories 160, Carbohydrates 34 g,
Protein 5 g, Fat 2 g, including sat. fat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 9
mg, Calcium 30 mg, Dietary fiber 6 g, Diabetic exchanges per serving: 2
bread/ starch exch.,

Recipe by: Healthful Cooking, Mary Carroll, StarTrib, 9/30/99

Posted to fatfree digest by Kathleen schuller@ix.netcom.com on Oct 5,
1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.