Mom's Red Lentil & Barley Soup
Ingredients
Mom's Red Lentil & Barley Soup
- 1/2 sweet white onion diced
- 2 stalks celery diced
- 1 red pepper diced
- 1-2 cloves garlic chopped
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 20 cherry tomatoes halved (or 1 small tomato diced)
- 1/2 cup barley
- 1/4 cup wild rice
- 1 1/4 cups dry red lentils
- 1 large carrot shredded
Spices
- 1 Tbsp celery leaves chopped
- 1/2 Tbsp cumin
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground pepper
Liquids
- 4 cubes vegetable bouillon
- 9 cups hot water
- 3 cups strained tomatoes
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened almond milk
Instructions
Mom's Red Lentil & Barley Soup
- Add olive oil to a large pot with diced onion, red pepper, garlic, shredded carrot and celery. Cook on medium heat until softened.
- Add celery leaves, cumin, chilli powder, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper and chopped tomatoes.
- Add 4 vegetable bouillon cubes and water to the pot and stir well to ensure cubes are dissolved.
- Stir in red lentils, barley, and wild rice. Cook for 1 hour on low maintaining a simmer.
- Add strained tomato and stir. Simmer for another 45 minutes on low. Turn off heat.
- Add almond milk and stir well. Cover for 5 minutes.
- Serve!