3 diced carrots
3 diced potatoes
2 stalks celery
1 medium onion, diced
2 cup chopped cabbage
2 cup green beans
4 cups diced tomatoes (or 1 quart canned)
1/2 cup hulled barley
2 Tbs dried parsley
1 tsp dried basil
Salt and pepper to taste
Cover all with water.
Sometimes we add some corn or peas too – veggie amounts
can be adjusted to what you have. If I have Barth’s Nutra-
Soup vegetable broth powder or Sue’s Kitchen Magic or
Bernard Jensen’s (broth seasoning, whatever it’s called) I
add a little of that 1-2 Tbs, but if this is simmered all
day it makes its own great broth.
We simmer this in the crock pot all day. It fills a large
one — we have a large family. Then we serve with homemade
whole wheat bread and a raw veggie tray. It never fails to
bring raves from family or non-vegetarians.