Poor Man's Soup

I have always liked playing around with creating recipes. In fact, the less food we have around, the more creative I can get. While I am not Mother Hubbard, the cupboards are getting a little bare. Going to the grocery store seems to be much more of a chore since it is over 30 minutes away. So, we only go when we direly have to.

Yesterday, while looking around to see what I would make for dinner, I decided to make soup. Soup is always good in the winter. I came up with the recipe below, and called it Poor Man’s Soup.
1/2 cup yellow split peas
1/2 cup green split peas
1/4 cup pearl barley
1/4 cup chopped onions
2 medium potatoes cut in medium chunks
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
2 pinches cayenne
1/2 tsp garlic powder
dash dill leaf powder
1 box chicken stock
1 cup water

Put all ingredients into large cooking pot. Boil for 10 minutes. Lower heat and simmer on low for 4-5 hours. Add more chicken stock (or water) if necessary. Should thicken up like pea soup.

Serves 6-8

We had it with fresh homemade onion bread, and it was delicious.