Vegetable soup

2023-01-01

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup pearl barley soaked overnight, or rinsed rice
• 2 carrots roughly chopped
• 2 stalks celery diced
• 1 small onion diced
• 2 small potatoes diced
• 7 cups stock
• 2 cups kale or spinach
• 2 tblsp olive oil
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 garlic clove minced
• Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
• Pinch of red chili flakes
• Salt and pepper to taste

Steps

• Saute carrots, onion, and celery for 5mins.
• Add potato, garlic, and herbs. Saute a minute.
• Add stock, barley/rice, and kale, then bring to a simmer.
• Cook for ~30mins until barley/rice soft.
• Remove the bay leaf, and salt and pepper to taste.

Based on: https://www.supperwithmichelle.com/2016/12/vegetable-barley-soup/