This is one of my family’s favorite soups!!! The barley adds an amazing amount of fiber and the squash, carrots, celery, and onions are loaded with vitamins. You can replace the chicken with turkey if desired. One cup has just 142 calories, 1 gram of fat and 5 grams of fiber. It’s so low in fat and calories, you can serve it as a main course soup with 2 hearty cups!
Helpful Tips About this Recipe
Makes 12 cups total: 6 (2-cups) main course servings and 12 (1-cup) first-course servings
Food Facts
Barley dates back to the Stone Age. The ancient Greeks relied on barley to make bread and athletes attributed much of their strength and physical growth to their barley rich diet.
Healthy Benefits
Pearled barley is high in cholesterol-lowering fiber and very low in fat. A single serving offers 11% of the RDA of iron and has a fair amount of folate and niacin.
This recipe uses a total of 80 ounces of broth or 10 cups. Even though I love the flavor of Swanson’s reduced-sodium chicken broth, if you’re on a low sodium diet, choose a chicken broth that has less sodium. There are many brands to choose from.
Shopping Tips
You can find dried pearl barley in the supermarket aisle with the dried beans.
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Food Facts
Barley dates back to the Stone Age. The ancient Greeks relied on barley to make bread and athletes attributed much of their strength and physical growth to their barley rich diet.
Healthy Benefits
Pearled barley is high in cholesterol-lowering fiber and very low in fat. A single serving offers 11% of the RDA of iron and has a fair amount of folate and niacin.
This recipe uses a total of 80 ounces of broth or 10 cups. Even though I love the flavor of Swanson’s reduced-sodium chicken broth, if you’re on a low sodium diet, choose a chicken broth that has less sodium. There are many brands to choose from.
Shopping Tips
You can find dried pearl barley in the supermarket aisle with the dried beans.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 4-Blue
WW SmartPoints 4-Green
| SKINNY FACTS: for 1 cup 142 calories, 1g fat, 0.2g sat. fat, 18mg chol, 5g protein, 22g carbs, 5g fiber, 503mg sodium, 2g sugar |
