Winter warmers

Vegetable, barley, fennel & kale soup

- a nice simple winter staple, will keep refrigerated 5 days or frozen once cooled. Makes 10+ serves.

Ingredients 

4 spring onions

1 leek
1 bulb fennel

4 sticks celery 

4 small carrots

1 cup barley 

1.5 litres stock 

Method

Chop & lightly fry celery, fennel, leeks & onion. Add carrot & cook 5 minutes. Add barley, stock + salt & pepper to taste. 

Boil then simmer 20 minutes. Add kale & simmer a further 20 minutes. Serve.