Beef Barley Soup

Ingredients

• 10 o.z. boneless round steak,
• cut into eighteen 1" cubes
• 3 o.z. barley
• 1 1/2 o.z. dried lima beans
• 3/4 cup chopped onions
• 3/4 cup chopped carrots
• 1/2 cup sliced celery
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp fennel seeds (optional)
• 1/8 tsp pepper
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms

Directions

• 1. In large saucepan, combine meat; barley, lima beans and 5 cups
• water. Bring to a boil; skim off foam. Add onions, carrots, celery,
• salt, fennel seed if using, and pepper. Bring back to a boil; reduce
• heat. Simmer, covered, 1 1/2 hours.
• 2. Add mushrooms. Cook, covered, 15 minutes onger, or until meat is
• tender.
• Each serving 1 1/2 cups provides: 1 1/2 vegetables, 2 proteins, 1 1/
• 2 breads
• Per serving: 236 calories, 22 g protein, 4 g fat, 28 g carbohydrate,
• 617 mg sodium, 41 mg cholesterol, 7 g dietary fiber.