Grandmas Bean And Barley Soup (Nigella Lawson) (Vegan) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

250 g dried butter beans
125 g barley
250 g parsnips (1-2 whole parsnips)
250 g carrots (2-3 whole carrots)
1 large onion (roughly chopped)
1 bunch parsley
500 g potatoes (peeled)
2 1/4 liters vegetable stock
1 tablespoon caster sugar

Preparation

soak beans and barley overnight. skin the beans by poppin them out of their shell- nigella finds it relaxing doing this- suprisingly it is.
chop and process all of the peeled fresh veg or chop finley by hand inclduing parsley. add stock to large sauce pan, add the veg and beans and barley. add potaoes in small dice.
stir in sugar bring to boil, turn down heat and and simmer for 2 hours adding more stock or water if it gets too thick. season to taste.