This soup has a wonderful, mellow flavor! Prior to adding the barley, I pureed half the soup as my family doesn't care for vegetable "chunks". I also made a quadruple batch of this for a Soup Supper at church. It was a big hit. Thanks! More info 10/08: Can't tell you how many times I've made this soup and always, always get positive comments from young and old alike from simple and sophisicated palates. My advice: don't add any extra flavors such as basil. Resist the temptation! I also thought it would be good, and luckily just modified a small amount of the pot. The results made for a different soup entirely. The only thing that I've changed is to omit the water and substitute all chicken broth (low sodium is best) I do agree that drastically changing the recipe makes it hard to rate what is written for the original, however, I often find it helpful to read what others have tried, and sometimes substituted in a pinch. In my opinion, please keep sharing. That's part of why I come to allrecipes.

This is a very easy recipe to make and it tastes pretty good. It's a keeper.

This is great. It is easy to make and tastes wonderful! I added a cup chopped red cabbage to the recipe.

This is a very easy soup. I added extra veggies. Tastes like minestrone soup without the beans. KAMY

delicious! My whole family loved it!

I mixed a little hot sauce and wild rice. I found that vegetable broth works better then the chicken broth.

Tasty, but I like less vegetables in my tomato soup.