Vegetable Beef Soup

By lucy1955

Ingredients

• 3 Tablespoons oil
• 4 cups chopped vegetables (mixture of onion,carrot,
• celery,turnip and/or green pepper
• 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms (about 1/4 lb)
• 1 pound escarole or spinach,rinsed and turn in pieces
• 6 cups beef Soup Stock
• 1/4 cup barley
• 1 can (1 pound) tomatoes,cut up
• 1 teaspoon salt,or to taste
• Freshly ground pepper to taste

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oil in skillet or dutch oven and saute chopped vegetables 10 minutes,or until crisp-tender,stirring occasionally.Stir in mushrooms and saute 5 minutes,or until tender.add escarole,cover and steam over low heat 10 minutes,or until tender,stirring onces.Add soup stock and barley,bring to boil and simmer 1 hour,or until barley is tender.Add tomatoes,salt and pepper and simmer 20 minutes.Makes about 3 quarts.