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Cheap And Easy Lentil-barley Soup Recipe


Cheap And Easy Lentil-barley Soup Recipe
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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.

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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
  1. Put everything except kale greens in a soup pot.
  2. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
  3. Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 50 minutes.
  4. Add kale greens.
  5. Simmer 10 minutes longer to heat through.

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Comments


Delicious, thank you for sharring


Can I add a smoked hock? thanks for a hardy post.....


Love barley, love lentils! Great, great recipe. Thanks.


I'm with you Bob, must have smoked hock or sausage. Love this recipe. Thank you.


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?


Another great post - thank you! That photo makes me drool....


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!


I love pearl barley! I have a very similar recipe, love lentils too, love cheap also. Great post.


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!


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I would substitue spinach for the kale greens.


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