Vegetable Barley Soup
This Barley Vegetable Soup is my favourite soup in the whole wide planet. It is so full of flavour and tastes delicious too. It is the ultimate health comfort food made with fresh seasonal vegetables. It is a one pot meal making it easy but still delicious. I love creating and cooking meals at home . It is so satisfying I will do it again and again.
Barley’s healthy benefits are that it is high in soluble insoluble fibre which helps in moving the digestive system as well good for aiding lowering blood sugar and cholesterol. Barley is very filling and a great addition to many types of soups. If you are gluten intolerant substitute barley with Quinoa or brown rice.
Barley Vegetable Soup
Heart healthy delicious comfort food
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Barley Precook Barley 40 mins
- I Cup Mushrooms Roughly chopped
- 1 Medium Fennel Outer leaves stripped
- 1 Medium Capsicum Sliced
- 3 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 Cloves Garlic crushed
- 1 Medium Onion Diced
- 1 Tsp Ground Coriander
- 1 Medium Zucchini Diced
- 1 Cup Crushed Tomatoes
- 2 Medium Carrots Diced
- 600 ml Vegetable Stock or Stock of your choice
- 2 Handfuls Kale roughly chopped
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- Drizzle Olive in a large sauce pan and stir in onion, garlic, coriander and fennel. Stir until soft for about 1-2 minutes
- Add carrots and mushrooms and mix until they start to come together. Add in tomatoes and simmer for 10 minutes. Add in zucchini capsicum and kale and stir for another 5 minutes.
- Add precooked barley and stock and simmer until combined 20-25 minutes. Add more liquid as needed. Serve and Enjoy
Notes
If you don't have precooked barley just add another 40 minutes to the cooking time.
If you want more vegetable soups check out this pumpkin soup.
