Visakha

Am I the only one who’s excited for soup season? This vegetable barely soup is a perfect, filling meal. I like to make it on Sunday evenings and eat it for lunch during the busy workweek.

Vegetable barley is my favorite soup, though I’d never found a recipe that is much better than just making one up as you go before I came across this one. The reason, I’m sure, is because of the addition of two unconventional ingredients: dried mushroom powder and soy sauce. Both give the soup a richer flavor than most vegetable-based dishes can offer. This is the vegetarian soup to feed the meat eaters in your life!