HEARTY BARLEY-LENTIL SOUP
Yield: approximately 3 1/2 quarts
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup pearl barley
2 to 4 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 very large carrot, chopped
4 stalks celery, chopped
1 teaspoon each dried basil, thyme, marjoram, and oregano
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon powdered dried garlic (I would have used real garlic, but I was out! The horror!)
1 teaspoon salt
freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 cup dark green French lentils
1/4 cup tomato paste
8 cups vegetable broth
DIRECTIONS:
1. Bring at least 2 quarts of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the barley, and boil for about fifteen minutes, or until the barley is tender but still chewy. Drain and reserve the barley.
2. Heat the oil at medium heat in a 4-quart or larger soup pot. Add the onion, carrot, and celery, and cook about 5 minutes, or until the veggies begin to soften.
3. Add the remaining ingredients except for the barley, and bring the soup to a boil. Lower the heat, cover, and simmer 35 minutes.
4. Stir in the barley and simmer 10 more minutes. Serve with a slice of crusty bread.
This soup is good. Very good, to be precise! I forget how much I like barley. :)
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I also made muffins tonight! I majorly modified this recipe of Diann's, to make Multigrain Banana Walnut Muffins!
Substitutions . . .
Bob's Red Mill 10-Grain Hot cereal (uncooked) instead of the millet
oat flour instead of the whole-wheat pastry flour
banana instead of the pumpkin
1/3 cup maple syrup instead of the 1/4 cup maple syrup and 1/4 cup sucanat
walnuts instead of the chocolate chips
Verdict? This version of these muffins has AMAZING flavor . . . but the texture is a little gooey/gummy. My guess is the oat flour, since my waffles acted the same way over the weekend, and I used oat flour in them, too. Does anyone out there have much more experience than I using oat flour? Is this expected?
Don't worry . . . I'll still eat them all, gooey or not! :)
8 comments:
Oh my gosh! Everything looks amazing!
That muffin looks amazing too! I'm totally in for banana muffins - good substitution!
Your soup sounds terrific! I can't eat seitan, so I like your new version much better :)
Oh that soup looks so good... it's been ages since I've had barley. And these below-freezing temperatures seem to be begging for it...
Yes for some reason we haven't used barley for a while either, and it has wonderful flavour. I shall be getting some today and will try your soup (with adaptations to conform to my low-fat and low-salt preferences). Thanks a bunch - it looks delicious!!!
It doesn't seem like I've had that problem with oat flour, but I guess it is less absorbent of the wet ingredients than wheat or rice flours. I would try a smaller proportionate amount of oat flour next time. I have a recipe for banana muffins you might like to mess around with -
http://eatnvegn.blogspot.com/2007/09/tester-burgers-and-wheatfree-goodies.html
I have to make that soup. Well first get barley, then I will make that soup. It looks delicious, just what I want on this WINDY days.
hehe, and here is a picture of someone typing on an ASUS 900, same size keyboard as mine. Mine is just prettier, haha. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/EEE901-7344-IMG3341s-thumb.jpg
You get used to it. Sometimes I find myself typing differently on my main one. But I adore it. Its so great to have.
oh boo on tax returns!!!!
atleast your food looks good :)
I would have loved your soup (and the muffins) tonight. It suddenly got so cold here in Tampa!
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