Beef Barley Soup

On one of our trips to Disneyland, we bought a cookbook called Cooking With Mickey. It is a book of the most-requested recipes from Walt Disney World and Disneyland, which means that most of them are fairly fancy, but we've definitely enjoyed them. I altered this one to include the potatoes and a few extra spices, so it's just slightly different from the one in the book.

1 cup carrots, diced small

1 cup celery, diced small

1 large potato, diced

1 tbsp onion powder

2 tbsp beef base (or 4 boullion cubes)

2 tbsp chicken base (or 4 boullion cubes)

6 1/2 oz. pearl barley

3 qts water

1/2 lb ground beef

2 tbsp butter

salt

pepper

1/4 tsp savory

1/4 tsp basil

dash garlic

1/2 tsp parsley

In large pot combine water, onion powder, boullion cubes, barley, potato, and spices; begin heating. In another pan saute other vegetables in butter until tender; add to pot. In same pan brown hamburger and drain; add to pot. Simmer for 30 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately.