HAMBURGER BARLEY SOUP

Hamburger Barley Soup

This week's recipe is from my teammate and friend, Beth.

Beth shared, "I learned this recipe watching Regis & Kathy Lee more than 20 years ago. It's one of the first soups I go to when the weather turns cold. My family and I love it! It's easy and pretty healthy, too. I recommend serving it with French bread."

Enoy!

Ingredients

• 2 lbs of ground beef
• 16 oz. tomatoes chopped
• 6 oz. tomato juice (I usually just use V8)
• 7 C water
• 1/2 C fresh string beans
• 1 Green pepper, diced
• 1 C celery diced
• 1/2 C celery greens
• Salt & Pepper: 1 tsp each
• 2 tsp garlic powder
• 2 TBSP  lite soy sauce
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1/2 tsp. paprika
• 1/2 tsp thyme
• 1/2 C pearl barley
• 2 carrots sliced
• 1 large baking potato cubed

Directions

• Brown ground beef.
• Add all ingredients in pot except carrot and potato.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer 1 hour.
• Add carrots, simmer 10 more minutes.
• Add potatoes, simmer 20 more minutes.