Place all ingredients except spinach ... reduce heat. Let vegetables simmer for about 50 minutes or until lentils and barley are crisp-tender. Add ... or transfer cooked soup to 5-quart crock pot and ... 15 minutes of cooking.
Soak the whole wheat in ... water. Add the lentils and cook until well done. ... Add to the soup along with the salt, pepper ... give proper soup consistency.
Saute onion in corn oil ... mix. Cook until vegetables are tender (approximately 1 1/2 hours on low heat). If soup seems thick, add either tomato ... thick, like a stew.)