Soup of vegetables and cereals

Ingredients:

• 2 stalks of celery 
• 2 carrots
• 2 potatoes
• 1 large zucchini
• 1 onion
• 1 bay leaf
• 100 g of frozen green beans
• 100 g of frozen peas
• 100 grams of beans frozen
• 90 g pearl barley
• 90 g pearl barley
• water as needed (depending on how soupy you want it)
• white table wine to taste
• oil and salt to taste 

Procedure:

1. Cleaned, washed and coarsely chopped vegetables (of course, except the beans and peas).
2. Pour a little oil in a pan and cook the onion. Add the celery, carrot and bay leaf broken, fry a couple of minutes and then add the rest of the vegetables. Blended with a dash of white wine, let it evaporate and cover with hot water. Bring to a boil, add salt, close the lid, lower the heat and simmer for 45-50 minutes. 
3. After this time, add the cereal and continue cooking for another 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding more water if necessary. 
4. At the end of cooking, if you want to make the soup a bit 'creamy mashed with a fork a few beans and a few pieces of potato, take a final mixed and serve piping hot.

more: http://creazionifusionorconfusion.blogspot.it/2012/12/zuppa-di-verdure-e-cereali.html