mushroom and barley soup

Ingredients For mushroom and barley soup

• 1/2 oz

  dried porcini or shitake mushrooms
• 1/2 c

  warm water
• 2 tsp

  vegetable oil
• 1 clove

  chopped onion
• 3 clove

  garlic minced
• 1 lg

  carrots, cubed
• 2 c

  thinly sliced shetake mushrooms
• 1 c

  diced red bell pepper
• 1 c

  thinly sliced button mushrooms
• 2 c

  vegetable broth
• 1 can

  540ml white kidney beans rinsed and drained
• 3/4 c

  pearl barley
• 2 Tbsp

  parsley chopped
• salt and pepper to taste