Beef & Barley Soup - Whole & Healthy Kitchen

Beef and Barley Soup!

Title: Beef and Barley Soup
Recipe type: Dinner
Prep time: 20 minute
Cook time: 50
Total time: 70 minutes
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Serves: 6 people

I had ground beef and didnt know what to do with it, I had never made barley beef soup before so I decided to give it a try. Our family becmae obsessed with it, its SO good. I knew I had to turn it into a recipe s you all could try it too!

Ingredients

1 cup pot barley (rinsed and soaked)
7 cups water
2 tbsp vegata seasoning
1 tsp thyme, ground
1/2 tsp rosemary
1/2 tsp Harissa
salt
pepper
2 bay leafs

2 carrots, diced small
1 celery, diced small
1 onion, diced small
1 shallot, diced small
4 garlic cloves, sliced
1 tbsp tamari sauce
1 red pepper, diced

1 pound ground beef, cooked
1 can petite tomatoes (with celery and spice)

Instructions

In soup pot, sautee beef until fully cooked, set aside.
In same pot, add onions, carrots, celery. Cook together for about 5 minutes, add tamari and cook for another 3 minutes or so.
Add spices– thyme, rosemary, salt, pepper, harissa.
Add pepper, pot barley, cooked beef, pepper, water and vegata seasoning
bring to a boil and simmer for 50 minutes
serve with crusty sourdough bread and lots of love!!

Saving Money:

Most of these ingredients are simple to have on hand at all times. The beef is probably the most expensive. I recommend looking into pastured meat that is local to you. They will often have sales and when you meet the butcher, store or farm owner it makes the process of paying for higher quality meat worth it in nutrition and in relationship. The little extra money you put out by doing this it is going towards supporting ethically raised animals and loving farms.