Recipe for Vegetable Soup

Ingredients for Vegetable Soup:
1/2 cup Pearl barley
3 can (10.75 oz) chicken broth,
strained
3 can Water
1 sm Onion, cut in fourths
1 x Carrot, cut
into thirds
1 stalk celery, cut into 1" slices
1 tsp Thyme
1 x Bay
leaf
Freshly ground black pepper
5 x Carrots,
sliced
2 stalk celery, sliced
1/2 x Zucchini, sliced
1/2 cup Onion,
chopped
2 cup Fresh spinach, chopped

Vegetable Soup preparation instruction:
* Place barley, chicken
stock, onion quarters, carrot thirds, celery slices, thyme, and bay leaf in
a large soup pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for
about 1 hour or until barley is tender. Add sliced carrots, celery,
zucchini, and chopped onion and cook until tender. Add spinach a few minutes
before serving.
* NOTES : A hearty soup that improves as it ages.
Make it in the morning or the night before so it will have time to
thicken.