Simple Mushroom Barley Soup – The Mediterranean Dish

Ingredients

• Extra virgin olive oil
• 16 oz baby bella mushrooms, cleaned well and halved or sliced
• Kosher salt
• 1 yellow onion, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 8 oz white mushrooms, cleaned and chopped
• ½ cup canned crushed tomatoes
• Black pepper
• 1 tsp coriander
• ½ tsp to ¾ tsp smoked paprika
• ½ tsp cumin
• 6 cups low-sodium broth (vegetable broth or beef broth)
• 1 cup pearled barley rinsed
• ½ cup packed chopped parsley