{"id":427,"date":"2014-02-23T17:02:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T23:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/?p=427"},"modified":"2014-02-23T17:02:54","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T23:02:54","slug":"beef-barley-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"Beef Barley Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SAM_0369.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES\" src=\"http:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SAM_0369.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t uploaded a recipe in a while, it&#8217;s been an extremely busy few weeks of school and life.<\/p>\n<p>This is a wonderful soup, it&#8217;s hearty and tasty.\u00a0 It&#8217;s filling with the barley.\u00a0 Feel free to add more veggies, including your favorites.\u00a0 It&#8217;s actually best on day two and beyond.\u00a0 In the summer, we&#8217;ve actually grilled the meat and then sliced it up and put it in the soup!<\/p>\n<p><strong>INGREDIENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1\/2 lb. cooked shredded beef (I use peppersteak or a similar thin steak sliced up)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 medium onion diced (I use onion powder)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1-2 ribs celery, diced<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1\/2 small green bell pepper, cored and diced<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 carrot, diced<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 16-oz. can diced tomatoes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2 bay leaves<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>6 cups beef broth<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1\/2 cup pearl barley (I use the slow cooking barley, not the quick one)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>salt and pepper to taste<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>FEEL FREE TO ADD: dried oregano, pre-cooked green beans (we did!), or any other veggies, or more of the mentioned veggies!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIRECTIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>In a large soup pot, combine beef, onion, celery, green pepper, carrot, and tomatoes.\u00a0 Cook over med-high heat, stirring constantly, 3 minutes.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Add bay leaves and broth, bring to a boil.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Stir in barley, continue boiling 5 minutes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduce heat to medium, cover and cook 1 hour.\u00a0 Stir and check liquid level frequently.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Season with salt and pepper to taste.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t uploaded a recipe in a while, it&#8217;s been an extremely busy few weeks of school and life. This is a wonderful soup, it&#8217;s hearty and tasty.\u00a0 It&#8217;s filling with the barley.\u00a0 Feel free to add more veggies, including your favorites.\u00a0 It&#8217;s actually best on day two and beyond.\u00a0 In the summer, we&#8217;ve actually <a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/?p=427\">Continue reading &#8594;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}