Hardy Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

3,800 ml water
250 gr mixed vegetables
75 gr celery
1 gr sweet basil
2 garlic
50 gr macaroni
130 gr carrots
1/2 pot barley
300 gr potatoes
280 gr chicken
30 ml canola oil
270 gr coarsely cabbage
130 gr tomato paste
1 tomato
65 gr green pepper

Instructions

In a soup pot saute the celery, onion and garlic in oil for 5 minutes. Add water, vegetables, pot barley, meats, seasonings. Bring to the boil and simmer for 1.25 hours. For last quarter hour add cabbage and macaroni. * Soup mix from Fillmore, Sask. Lindsey Jones, F-Intercook ----