Lovers Sausage Soup | Mama's Cooking

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 cup pearl barley
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 3/4 cup carrots, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 4 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup lentils, rinsed and drained
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 (14.5-ounce) can no-salt-added diced fire-roasted tomatoes
• 6 ounces chicken-apple sausage links, cooked, halved lengthwise and sliced
• 4 cups fresh baby spinach