Title: Barley vegetable soup
 Categories: Soups
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
    1/2 c  Barley
      2 qt Chicken broth
           Onion -- chopped
           Carrot -- peeled & chunked
           Celery stalk -- chopped
           Parsley sprigs
      1 ts Thyme leaves
           Bay leaf
      8 c  Other vegetables
 
  Place ingredients in large pot and bring to boil.  Add salt and
  pepper to taste.  Reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 1 hour, or
  until barley is tender.  Remove parsley abnd bay leaf.  Divide if not
  using entire soup at one meal.  Half a batch should  serve 4 with
  addition of vegetables suggested below.  (suggestions for "other
  vegetables" listed in ingredients 2 c. green beans, 3 carrots, peeled
  and sliced, 2 zucchini, sliced thickly, 2 cups broccoli, 2 cups
  cauliflower florets, 2 stalks celery, 8 oz. mush- rooms, washed and
  thinly sliced.