Vern’s Vegan Soup | VegWeb.com, The World's Largest Collection of Vegetarian Recipes

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 onion diced
• 5 celery stocks diced
• 3 carrots diced
• 2 tomatoes diced
• 1 garlic clove chopped
• 1 can garbanzo beans rinsed
• 1 cup collard greens (frozen works well)
• 1 cup tomato juice
• ¼ teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
• 1 teaspoon Louisiana hot sauce
• 1 vegetarian bouillon cube
• ½ cup pearl barley
• water to cover
• 14 oz. extra firm tofu (not silken) cut into ½ inch cubes