4 wonderful barley Recipes

canning countryvegetable beef soup recipe, savory and wonderful healthy, lean beef cut into 1/4 inch pieces, water, salt, pepper, garlic minced, bay leaf, pearl barley or rice, chopped tomatoes, sliced celery stalks, sliced carrots, chopped onions, shredded cabbage, red kidney beans, yellow split peas (or substitute green split peas), add any fresh garden herbs that you like ., above will make 16 pints or 8 quarts, use a large heavy pan, combine beef , water, salt and pepper, bring to boil, spoon off top scum, add garlic and bay, cover and simmer for 75 minutes, soak the kidney beans and peas over night, add all the of the vegetables, simmer for about 20 minutes, vegetables will cook more while canning, put in jars with 1 inch head space, process in a pressure canner

barley, barley is a favorite with ancient civilizations, it is mentioned in the bible 32 times, in john 6:9-11 the young boy gives the lord five barley loaves and two small fish, barley is a sweet , nutty flavored grain and lacks gluten which must be added for baking, baking in bread , 1 part barley to five parts wheat flour), barley puts new flavor appeal in soups , casseroles, pilaf, and puddings, be subsituted for rice and millet in recipes, high in minerals and protein, personal note : my mother used barley in much of her southern cooking, especially in soups, she used pearl barley, barley-rice pilaf, oil, onion, finely chopped, chopped celery, barley, uncooked (not quick ), raw brown rice, boiling water or chicken broth, chopped dried apricots, chopped almonds, raisins, cinnamon

olive oil, sliced mushrooms, chopped onion, chopped celery, minced garlic (or more, your choice ), uncooked barley, vegetable broth, white beans, drained