Hearty Vegetable Barley Soup: Back of the Box Recipe

Hearty Vegetable Barley Soup: Back of the Box Recipe

Hi everybody :)

Do you love to used recipes found on the back of the box? I do. Every once in a while I find interesting recipes from boxes of cereals, dry mixes, can goods, etc... Being a recipe fanatic,     I collect them all in notebooks, tablets, and binders. This recipe I'm sharing today is from the back of a QUAKER Medium Barley's box. Let's get it started...

Hearty Vegetable Barley Soup 

Ingredients:
1/2 lb. Lean ground beef
1/2 cup Chopped onion
1 clove Garlic minced
7 cups water
1 (14 1/2 oz.) can Unsalted whole tomatoes. undrained, cut into pieces
1/2 cup QUAKER Medium Barley, uncooked
1/2 cup Sliced celery
1/2 cup Sliced carrots
2 Beef bouillon cubes
1/2 teaspoon Dried basil, crushed
1 Bay leaf
1 (9 oz) pkg. Frozen mixed vegetables

Directions :
In a 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven. brown meat Add onion and garlic: cook until onion is tender Drain. 

Stir in remaining ingredients except frozen vegetables. 

Cover: bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 50-60 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaf. Add frozen vegetables: cook about 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender. 

Additional water may be added if soup becomes too thick upon standing. MAKES 12 (1 CUP) SERVINGS


What I Did and/or Think:
I love homemade soup, this one was really great. It's also was another first for me. I never tasted barley before! I know, shocking isn't it :) It kind of remind me of oatmeal, look and taste. It's small before cooking and swell up afterward, and have a chewy oatmeal taste. This is another great REPEAT especially on the cold Winter days ahead. 

BTW, it's also a Chicken Barley Chili recipe on that same box, I'll be trying very soon, so stay tune :)

Chicken Barley Chili

ENJOY! Come again...

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