Recipe

Cheap And Easy Lentil-barley Soup Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Mrspotatohead / All my dishes 1 year, 10 months ago I love this. I freeze in serving size containers and bring to work for lunch. Tastes best if made a day in advance. Cheap and easy. Prep:10m Cook:60m Servings:5	Mrspotatohe
	easy lentil barley soup

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Ingredients

8 c. water

3 small to medium carrots, peeled and diced (about 1 cup diced)

1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes, undrained

5 chicken, beef or vegetable bouillon cubes

½ tsp. garlic powder or 1 clove garlic, minced

1 tbsp onion powder or 1 medium onion, diced

½ tsp celery salt or 1 stalk celery, diced

¾ cup dried lentils

¾ cup barley (not quick-cooking)

½ tsp dried rosemary

½ tsp ground oregano

½ tsp fresh ground pepper

1 14 oz. can seasoned Southern kale greens, undrained

Directions

Put everything except kale greens in a soup pot.

Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.

Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 50 minutes.

Add kale greens.

Simmer 10 minutes longer to heat through.

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Comments

snuffy 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Delicious, thank you for sharring

robertg 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Can I add a smoked hock? thanks for a hardy post.....

rosemaryblue 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Love barley, love lentils! Great, great recipe. Thanks.

jenniferbyrdez 1 year, 10 months ago said:
I'm with you Bob, must have smoked hock or sausage. Love this recipe. Thank you.

craners 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Great winter soup..for now and then in a couple months is going to be great spring soup then after that it's...well you get the idea. Where do you buy your barley at? How is it sold?

lunasea 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Another great post - thank you! That photo makes me drool....

annieamie 1 year, 9 months ago said:
What a great recipe! I can't wait to try this. I'm always looking for new soup recipes and this one sounds like a "Winner!" Thank you for sharing!

invisiblechef 1 year, 8 months ago said:
I love pearl barley! I have a very similar recipe, love lentils too, love cheap also. Great post.

kgviola 1 year, 7 months ago said:
This is a fantastic recipe! It is definitely a new favorite soup recipe. I fed this to a group of middle-schoolers and they loved it. Thank you!

mintymommybee 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Just right for dinner! I'll summer it up with some zucchini and fresh tomatoes from the garden! thanks!

fizzle3nat 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Yum! I LOVE barley. And this is a great time of the year for soup. Thanks for sharing!

ttaaccoo 11 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Sounds really good! My guy loves barley.

pieplate 9 months, 1 week ago said:
Good ideas here. I love barley, even though my husband mocks me about it.

lovinfood420 8 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Sounds awesome! wait, kale greens? i'll have to google that

mark555 8 months, 1 week ago said:
This was on the side that said "you might like this recipe" I think they are right.
Mark

familychef 4 months ago said:
This soup looks and sounds delicious! I may have to put this on the table tonight for dinner! Thanks so much for sharing.
Pat

foodinnewengland 3 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Now this is what i have been looking for! Thanks!

annieamie 1 hour, 38 minutes ago said:
I made your soup and it was delicious! I froze some containers of it, too as its going to be great to heat up when it gets chilly in L.A.! I stopped by for a second time just to let you know that its going to be a family favorite in our home. Thank you once again for the wonderful soup recipe!

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