Mushroom & Barley Soup

By dhoffmanlatter

Ingredients

• 1 lb mushrooms, sliced and washed
• 4 T butter
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 clove garlic chopped
• 2 cans condensed beef broth
• 5 soup cans water
• can tomato paste
• salt, pepper
• bay leaf
• 1/2 cup barley
• parsley
• 1 1/2 cup sliced celery and leaves
• 1 1/2 cup sliced carrots
• light sour cream

Preparation

Step 1

1. melt butter and saute the mushrooms, onion and garlic.

2. stir in the broth, water, tomato paste, salt, pepper, and bay leaf. heat to boiling.

3. add barley, reduce heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes.

4. add parsley, celery and carrots, cook, covered 1 hours longer till veggies are tender..

5. top with dollop of sour cream.