Beef Barley Vegetable Soup

A truly great soup for every occasion, beef barley vegetable soup is packed with protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and fiber. Aside from being really good for you, this is an amazing tasting soup that can be served at any time during the day. This soup is a meal by itself, perfect served with bread and salad, or as a side to a sandwich or dinner offering.

Despite the long list of ingredients, this is a fairly easy dish to prepare. The beef roast and barley are slow cooked in a crock pot to bring out the flavors and tenderize the tougher cut of beef. For convenience, the recipe calls for frozen mixed vegetables. These can be swapped out for your favorite fresh vegetables such as cauliflower, broccoli, corn, and green beans. Most supermarkets sell great beef broth in 4-cup packages. Substitute one of these fine store bought products or homemade beef stock for the cold water and beef bouillon cubes and take this soup to a whole new level.

Cooks Notes: Substitute real beef stock for the water and beef bouillon, and 1 pound of your favorite fresh vegetables for the frozen mixed vegetables, if desired.

Beef Barley Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:
1 (3 pound) Beef Chuck Roast
1/2 cup Barley
1 Bay Leaf
2 tablespoons Canola or Vegetable Oil
3 Carrots, chopped
3 stalks Celery, chopped
1 Onion, chopped
1 (16 ounces) package Frozen Mixed Vegetables
4 cups Cold Water
4 cubes Beef Bouillon Cube
1 tablespoon White Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper
1 (28 ounces) can chopped Stewed Tomatoes
Coarse Salt, to taste
Fresh Ground Black Pepper, to taste

Preparation:

1. Add beef chuck roast to crockpot. Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours.

2. Add barley and bay leaf to crockpot. Continue cooking 1 hour.

3. Remove the beef roast, cool for 15 minutes. Cut roast into small bite-size pieces.

4. Discard bay leaf.

5. Set the beef pieces, beef broth, and barley aside.

6. Add canola oil to large stock pot. Heat over medium-high heat.

7. Sauté chopped carrots, chopped celery, chopped onion, and mixed vegetables until crisp tender.

8. Add cold water, beef bouillon cubes, white sugar, fresh ground black pepper, chopped stewed tomatoes, and beef, broth, and barley mixture

9. Bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 15 minutes.

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Soup - How to Make Soup More Filling

Winter's coming and there is nothing better on a cold winter day than entering a kitchen that permeates with mouth watering cooking odors in anticipation of what's to come. That's what my Italian Sausage Soup will bring to your kitchen this winter. Your family will love the spicy sausage mixed with an array of fresh veggie's. Making a soup more filling is all in the ingredients you put into it.

Italian Sausage Soup -- always a favorite.

1 lb. Italian sausage (mild or hot), 1 cup coarsely chopped onions, 2 garlic cloves, sliced, 5 cups beef broth

1.5 cups water, ½ cup dry red wine, 2 cups chopped-seeded-peeled tomatoes (4 medium)

1 cup thinly sliced carrots, ½ tsp basil leaves, ½ tsp oregano leaves, 1 8oz. can tomato sauce

1.5 cups sliced zucchini, 8 oz. frozen meat or cheese-filled tortellini (or very small ravioli*)

3 tbs chopped fresh parsley, 1 medium green pepper cut into ½" pieces

Grated Parmesan cheese

If sausage comes in casing, remove from casing. In 5-quart Dutch-oven brown sausage. Remove sausage from Dutch-oven, reserve 1 tbs. dripping in Dutch-oven.

Saute onions and garlic in reserved drippings until onions are tender. Add beef broth, water, wine, tomatoes, carrots, basil, oregano, tomato sauce and sausage. Bring to boil.

Reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 30 minutes. Skim fat from soup, stir in zucchini, tortellini, parsley and green pepper. Simmer covered an additional 35 to 40 minutes or until tortellini are tender.

Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top of each serving.

Makes 8 (1.5 cup) servings; 1.5 cup, calories approx. 220

Tips: 8 oz. fresh meat or cheese-filled tortellini or very small ravioli can be substituted for frozen tortellini or ravioli. Simmer covered for 20-25 minutes or until tortellini are tender.

If tortellini or very small ravioli aren't available, 2 cups bow-tie egg noodles or spiral macaroni can be substituted. Simmer covered for 20-25 minutes or until tender.

Serve with Italian bread wedges or bread sticks, and red wine. Bon Appetite!

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Weight Watcher Recipe - Potato Soup

There is nothing worse than having to eat uninspiring food. Not only is the resulting boredom likely to destroy your diet but it is no fun watching other people eat "nice food" if you are stuck with "diet food." The answer to this dilemma is to make healthy recipes, which taste good.

If you are a fan of potatoes, you might want to make something satisfying and tasty with them. Obviously creamy mashed potato is not the best dish for your diet but what about a weight watcher recipe for potato broth? Soup is great for weight watchers because the liquid helps to fill you up without adding extra calories. Creamy soups are not the most figure-friendly but using broth and low fat milk as a base can give you a similar creaminess without the calories or fat.

The following recipe contains carrot and cabbage for sweetness. It is satisfying and tasty and you can make it with leftover potatoes. If you are not using leftover potatoes, peel and cut raw ones into big pieces, then cook them in salted water, drain them and let them cool. You can make them ahead and chill them, so they hold together better in the soup.

If you want to cook this in a hurry, make sure you chop the vegetables into really small pieces. You can use any meat in this soup. Turkey, leftover roast lamb or ham are all nice. Feel free to adjust the broth and milk if you want a thinner or thicker consistency.

You will not need sour cream to garnish this dish because the low fat milk makes it creamy. Some chopped chives and black pepper are good on top instead, or you could use green onion or shredded cheddar as a topping.

What you will need:

2 1/2 lbs cooked russet potatoes
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
14 oz chicken broth
2 cups low fat milk
1 finely chopped onion
6 cups chopped green cabbage
8 oz cooked ham or bacon (or any other cooked meat)
2 peeled chopped carrots
Salt and black pepper, to taste
How to make it:

Put the butter or margarine and oil in a heavy pot over a moderate heat. Add the onions, carrots and cabbage and cook until they begin to soften, stirring sometimes. Chop the meat and add it to the pan.

Slice the potatoes, making some pieces tiny so they dissolve and thicken the soup and others larger so they add texture, and add them to the soup with the milk and some salt and pepper. Warm the soup through without allowing it to boil, then garnish it and serve.

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Vegetarian Food Party Planning Ideas

As a vegetarian, you almost certainly already know the disappointment involved in trying to find good food to eat at any parties you go to. You most likely usually offer to bring something for the host so that you know there'll be at lesat ONE thing at the party that you can eat. This year, why not take matters into your own hands and host your own New Year's Eve party - with vegetarian food all around. There are tons of wonderful vegetarian dishes to choose from. You could even prepare cards labeling some of your more exotic dishes on the buffet ( this is particularly beneficial for ethnic foods ) so people know what they are going to be eating. As a party favor, you could print a little recipe book or recipe cards with instructions on how to prepare a couple of your favorite dishes. ( Who knows, maybe they'll make it the next time they invite you over to their house!

Though some salad munchers, particularly those that eat vegetarian for health reasons, rather than moral or environmental reasons may opt to prepare meat-based dishes to serve along side vegetarian foods, many salad munchers do not like cooking beef and will decide to test their guests with a new and various menu of vegetarian party foods.

Another nice perk of serving vegetarian food is that it can be less expensive. Though, if you go hell for leather for fresh berries and fruit ( which isn't in season around New Year's Eve ) or a large amount of fancy wines and cheeses, your party may not be too cost-effective. One way to cut back on the cost of the party is to substitute hearty vegetarian dishes in the place of the more expensive beef dishes. If properly prepared, most guests won't even miss the presence of the meat. Heavy soups that are familiar to meat-eaters ( like bean chili, black bean soup, or split pea soup ) are a great choice as the tastes and appearance are familiar and the tastes mix together well even without the addition of burger or ham. When selecting these recipes, it is critical to follow each recipe punctiliously and not make any substitutions. This is important because items you may substitute into the recipes may contain animal products. Making these substitutions will result in your dishes not being totally vegetarian.

Alternately an alternative way to offer a various vegetarian menu is to make the event a potluck. However, if almost all of the guests are not salad munchers, they may have difficulty deciding what to bring and might also inadvertently include ingredients with animal products in the food. In this example, suggest what you'd like your guests to bring -'Jim, you're making a mean guacamole, would you mind whipping that up and bring it along with some salsa and chips?', 'Erin, I loved that hummus and pita bread you served last summer... Would you mind bringing that along to share?'

Another important thing to remember when planning a vegetarian New Years Eve party is that it is important to make sure the guests are mindful of your intentions. This is particularly important if the event is going to be a potluck. it's also pleasantness even if you'll be preparing all of the food so that the guests know what to expect when they attend the party. Some meat-eaters are extraordinarily wary about trying new dishes, so be sure to have some staples out that everyone will love. Bread, fruit, pretzels, chips and nuts are great vegetarian options that are popular among 'main stream' dieters also.

Remember, as the host of your party, the most vital role you can play is to be certain your visitors are comfortable and having a fab time. Inspire them to get to grasp each other by helping set up new conversational partners, plan some exciting pastimes (like toasting in the New Year 'around the world' each time the clock hits a new hour), and confirm everybody driving home is fit to do so.