Vegetable Me'lange

Ingredients

some garlic
1 onion
4 slices carrots
1 slice celery stalk
1/2 c corn
1/4 barley
2 tb parsley
5 c water
3 ts marjoram
1 c peas
1/2 c tomato paste
1 tb soy sauce
1 c spinach

Instructions

Place the onions, carrots celery, corn, barley, garlic, parsley and 3 cups of the water in a large sauce pan. Place the remaining 2 cups of water, the tomatoes and marjoram in a blender and process on low to medium speed until smooth. Add to the sauce pan. Bring to a boil, then turn down heat, cover and simmer for 1 1/4 hours. Add the peas, spinach, tomato paste and soy sauce, cover and simmer for 10 min. more. Note: If you are using very mature garden peas, add them 10-15 minutes sooner. From the collection of Sue Smith, S.Smith34, Uploaded June 16, 1994