TJ's Bean & Barley Soup

Well, this has been burning a hole in my pantry, let's see what our $1.79 Trader Joe purchase turns into. If you're suspicious as I am that there are that many types of beans in this colorful bag, the back lists the following: Baby lima benas, black turtle beans, blackeye peas, dark red kidney beans, garbanzo beans, great northern beans, green lentils, green split peas, large lima beans, light red kidney beans, navy beans, pink beans, pinto beans, red lentils, small red beans, small white beans, yellow split peas, pearl barley.


Ingredients

1 bag Trader Joe's 17 Bean and Barley Mix

4 cups or 32 oz. veggie broth

Miripoix, 1 cup each:

-chopped onion

-celery

-carrots

-bell pepper - any

2 tbsp olive oil

3 garlic cloves

2 tsp dried basil

2 tsp Italian seasoning

1 can diced tomatoes

1 bay leaf

salt and pepper

Directions - Package

1. Soak bean and barley mix overnight.
2. Drain and rinse. Pour 4 cups of vegetable broth over beans and cook on medium heat for approximately 1 hour.

3. Add chopped onion, celery, carrots, peppers. Press in garlic cloves and basil leaves or dried basil, salt and pepper to taste, olive oil, diced tomatoes, bay leaf and Italian seasoning.
4. Add about 4 more cups of water or vegetable broth and let it all cook on low to medium heat for another 1-2 hours.