The complex flavors are amazing. This is a new favorite in our home. My wife and I LOVED it. I doubled the recipe & substituted spinach for parsley. I toasted the almonds on the stove in a skillet (faster, just gotta keep a good eye on em) i used homemade chicken stock. added a zucchini halved and sliced into the pot near the end. For mushrooms: white button, portabella, and shitake. I've never had a homemade soup taste this good. and the almonds ... i would never had expected such a layer of flavor. they really do go perfectly in this dish.

I thought the flavor of the soup was bland. It definitely needs spicing up.

I LOVE this soup! I've made it several times. It's my favorite new mama dinner gift-barley is great for milk supply and with the chicken and veggies it's a super nutritious soup. I do use pearl barley added with the broth and cook it until done, about 40 minutes. I've also substituted chopped fresh spinach for the parsley.

I followed another reviewers lead and added parmesan when I served it. Yummy! I think next time I'll add some white wine at some point to the recipe. I would call this a refrigerator door recipe. It was a nice way to use up any veggies that were about to go bad.

Actually, I would give it three and a half stars. I thought it was really bland, but my husband enjoyed the soup, especially the barley. It is definitely a simple mild recipe.

Made this a couple times now. Don't have mushrooms or celery (don't like them), but added more carrots and potatoes to compensate. Also added more garlic. Good base recipe that can be tweaked to your liking. I add garlic and onion powders, as well as some Italian Seasoning to round it off. Haven't tried it with the almonds yet, but I'm sure it's great!

even my husband loved it! the only change i made was no mushrooms (i had none), compensated for that by adding a little extra potatoes & carrots. then i had to add extra broth (i used my own homemade, simmer-all-day broth). i served it with grated parmeson.

Very good soup! I added two small cans of V8 and it turned out great! Thanks for sharing.

Very yummy. I used lentils instead of barley (only because I had it on hand). This was an easy, filling meal. Perfect for cold nights, and even yummy reheated the next day for lunch. I will definitely make this again!

Enjoyable. If you like a healthy mild, safe soup this is for you. My family liked it.

Top this soup with Parmesan cheese, sit back and enjoy.

I would give this 10 stars if I could. This was very tasty. I did not have mushrooms or celery in the house so I left those out and I threw in about a tsp of kosher salt with the parsley.

This is a wonderful hearty soup. The roasted slivered almonds are a nice touch and add lots to this recipe!

I made it last night (40 degree outside) and it was a great comforting soup for a cold night. I did browned my chicken together with the onion and garlic. Otherwise, I pretty much follow everything in the recipe.

This was very good! Even my husband liked it, who doesn't really care for soups.