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Healthy Barley Soup Recipe

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Homemade Healthy Vegetable Barley Soup - A perfect easy vegetarian recipe to keep you warm during cold winter days. Ready to enjoy in about 30 mins. | #watchwhatueat #barley #soup #vegan #vegetarian

homemade healthy barley soup recipe. Perfect option to add whole grains into diet. Ready to enjoy in about 30 mins.

What can be a more comforting food than a warm bowl of soup during chilly winter nights?

I guess the soup will get the most votes for winter foods. Don’t you think so? When this soup is healthy what else does our body need to fight the chilly temperatures outside. Since I started writing this blog, I have become even more picky about what we eat. I started incorporating more whole grains instead of refined flour into our diet than before. That’s what the healthy food pyramid suggests to have for a balanced diet.

homemade healthy barley soup recipe. Perfect option to add whole grains into diet. Ready to enjoy in about 30 mins.

This barley soup is filling, contains very simple ingredients that are common and readily available. Initially, I made it spontaneously with ingredients that I had in my pantry at that time. We liked it so much that we decided to share this simple version of soup with you all. One bowl of barley soup and dinner is done.

homemade healthy barley soup recipe. Perfect option to add whole grains into diet. Ready to enjoy in about 30 mins. How is this barley soup healthy?

This barley soup is healthy because

  • it contains whole grains and is high in fiber contents
  • it contains fresh vegetables like carrots, celery, tomatoes
  • it is very low in saturated fat

homemade healthy barley soup recipe. Perfect option to add whole grains into diet. Ready to enjoy in about 30 mins.

Healthy Barley Soup
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Barley Soup

Homemade healthy barley soup recipe. A perfect option to add whole grains to your diet. Ready to enjoy in about 30 mins. 
Course: Main Dish,Soup
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings :3
Calories :320kcal
Author:Swati Kadam Gulati | Watch What U Eat

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup pearl barley
  • 1 celery stalk finely diced
  • 1 onion finely diced
  • 1/2 cup finely diced carrots
  • 1 tomato finely diced
  • 2-3 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 3 cups chicken broth (or vegetable broth if vegan)
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 tsp finely chopped ginger
  • 1/4 cup chopped spring onions
  • 1 tbsp cooking oil
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

  • Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add ginger, garlic and saute until fragrant for about 30-40 sec
  • Add onions and saute until lightly golden brown for about a min. or two
  • Then add all the remaining ingredients except spring onions and let it boil.
  • Simmer on low heat for about 30 min. or until the barley is tender
  • Garnish with spring onions and serve warm to enjoy a bowl of barley soup

Notes

  1. If necessary add more chicken or vegetable broth.
  2. You can also make barley soup in Instant Pot. Follow this recipe to make Vegetable Barley Soup in Instant Pot 

Nutrition

Calories: 320kcal
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Homemade healthy barley soup recipe. Perfect option to add whole grains into diet. Ready to enjoy in about 30 mins.

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  1. Ravi Gupta

    November 21, 2017 at 4:00 am

    4 stars
    Yummy!!! It’s very healthy & tasty recipe. I like it. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  2. Dana B

    January 13, 2018 at 4:20 pm

    5 stars
    Perfect lunch! I added some small spicy red peppers for heat. Love it! Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Alex

    March 28, 2018 at 4:15 pm

    5 stars
    The flavor of this soup is SO GOOD! I am also happy because it’s not an enormous amount of servings. It was perfect for a few meals for just myself, because my husband is not a huge soup fan. I was too lazy to chop an onion (plus the only onions I have have sprouted *eyeroll*) so I ended up using about 1/8-1/4 cup of dehydrated onion. Also used cherry tomatoes because that’s what I had. I will DEFINITELY be using this recipe again! Thanks! 😀

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  4. Ed

    April 15, 2018 at 3:35 pm

    Easy, healthy, delicious!
    Thanks for this great recipe and your wonderful website.
    Naan-garlic bread is next!!

    Reply
  5. Krisgren

    November 25, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    4 stars
    yessssss!! this is great, I love the ginger twist. This is excellent and healthy. I didn’t have tomatoes so I added some canned ones. I tripled the recipe for 5 people and that gave me enough for 2 meals, adding one to the freezer.

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