Hamburger Vegetable Barley Soup

(5)
  • Minutes to Prepare:
  • Minutes to Cook:
  • Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
1/2 lb. lean ground beef (or turkey)1/2 C. chopped onion1 clove garlic, minced5 cups water1 14-1/2 can unsalted whole tomatoes, undrained cut into pieces (or crushed)3/4 C. Quaker Quick Barley2 beef bouilion cubes (or 2 tsp. granules)1/2 tsp. dried basil, crushed with palms of hands. brings out more flavor.1 bay leaf1 16 oz bag Recipe Beginnings Vetetable Soup Mix (carrots potatoes corn green beans grean peas lima beans okra celery onions)
Directions
In a 4 quart saucepan or dutch oven, brown meat. Add onion ang garlic; cook until onion is tender. Drain. Stir in remaining ingredients except frozen vegetables. Cover; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add frozen vegetables; cook 10 minutes or util vegetables are tender. Additional water may be added if soup becomes too thick upon standing.
Eight 1 CUP SERVINGS

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MOLLIEBEAN.

Servings Per Recipe: 8
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 191.1
  • Total Fat: 6.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 21.3 mg
  • Sodium: 56.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 25.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.0 g
  • Protein: 8.8 g

Member Reviews
  • RENEEFINAU3
    Tried for dinner and my family loved it. - 7/24/09
  • STARDRIFTING
    This was good, I actually took a little from your recipe and the one on the box. I doubled the recipe and added 1 can diced tomatoes and 1 can tomato sauce (I like my soup to be a little thick). Thanks for sharing - 7/16/09
  • JANIEWWJD
    This soup is delicious!!!! - 4/26/21
  • CD12610885
    This recipe is great. A good way for my hubby to get his vegetables...lol. I put in sweet potatoes instead of the regular white and just through in a bunch of other veggies that I had in the freezer and fridge. Needed to add just a little salt though. The flavour needed a little lift. - 10/16/12
  • PRIMARY2
    Healthy, quick, easy. Used low sodium beef broth instead of boullion cubes - 9/3/11
  • LIHAGEMAN
    I'll definitely make again. I substituted fresh basil for the dried and powdered garlic for the cloves (I was out of clove garlic) and used some powdered vegetable powder as I didn't have any beef bouillon. I tripled the recipe as we butcher our own beef and the package I used was 1.5 lbs. Great! - 2/27/11
  • DAWNOFHOPE
    Making it tonight. Husband is sick so thought this will cheer him up and pack in the vitamins too. - 1/24/11