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Vegetable and Barley Soup

Chunky meal of a soup

Ingredients:

5 or 6 large potatoes, peeled and cubed

2 leeks cut into round slices

3 carrots, roughly chopped

5 celery sticks, cut onto chunks

1 cup of dried pearl barley

2 heads of swiss chard (or similar green leaf such as leaf beet or a couple of handfuls of spinach), chopped

enough water to cover

Salt and pepper to taste

Very simple to prepare this one! Place all your vegetables except the chard in a large pan with the barley. Cover well with water, boil and simmer until everything is cooked. Add the chard and salt and cook for another 5 minutes.