Barley Bowl

This is one of our favorite meals....


Ingredients:
1 onion, chopped
2 carrots, cut into sticks or sliced
1 large parsnip, sliced
1/2 a fennel, sliced
1 cup barley
4 cups stock
2/3 cup green beans, sliced (I put frozen peas)
200g canned corn

Method:
Saute onion, carrot, fennel and parsnip for 10 min. Stir in barley and stock. Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer gently for 40 min. Stir in green beans and corn and cook for a further 10-20 minutes.
*NOTE* I find if I soak the barley in the stock for about 30 minutes before cooking, I can cut down the cooking time considerably....