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Hearty Vegetable and Barley Soup

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 onion, 2 carrots, 2 celery stalks, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup mushrooms, sliced (optional)
• 2 tbsp tomato paste (or 1 chopped tomato)
• ¾ cup pearl barley, rinsed
• 1.5 L vegetable or beef stock
• 1 tsp thyme, 2 bay leaves, salt, pepper
• Parsley to finish

Instructions

1. Soften the onion, carrot, and celery in the oil, 6–8 minutes. Add garlic and mushrooms, 3 minutes.
2. Stir in the tomato paste, then the barley, stock, thyme, and bay.
3. Simmer, partly covered, 40–45 minutes until the barley is tender and the soup has thickened.
4. Season well with salt and pepper. Remove the bay leaves.
5. Finish with parsley. Loosen with more stock if it's too thick.

From HarvestGuide.ca — https://harvestguide.ca/recipes/vegetable-barley-soup-canada/
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