Swiss Barley Soup

• 60 g white beans
• 80 g barley
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon thyme
• 200 g of finely sliced vegetables (such as leek, carrots, celery root, stern cabbage, onion)
• 1 potato
• salt and pepper

1. Soak beans overnight, prepare vegetables, peel potato and cut it into slices.
2. Boil up beans in 1.5 liter water, add barley, bay leave and thyme.
3. Let it simmer for 1 hour.
4. Add vegetables and potato, let it simmer for another 20 minutes until vegetables are done.
5. Remove bay leave and taste soup with salt and pepper.
6. Serve with bread.

white beans, barley, bay leaf, thyme, vegetables, potato, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/swiss-barley-soup-103875 (may not work)