Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
Today’s recipe checks all the boxes for this time year! Welcome back to Ranch Raised!
Today’s recipe is hearty, one pot soup that will stick to your ribs. It is versatile and can be used to help use up leftover beef and veggies.
It was my grandma Wanda’s favorite soup for all of the forementioned reasons. It is budget friendly and makes a nutritious meal with ingredients you already have on hand.
Let’s get this Beef & Barley soup started!
Simmer 5-6 cups of beef broth. Add one 16 oz bag of pearl barley and simmer according to directions.
Add 2-3 sliced carrots and 3 chopped celery stalks. You can throw in any veggies that your family likes.
Add 2 cups of beef! It could be browned ground beef, leftover roast or steak. I used beef bacon in our soup last night for a smokey flavor.
Home cooked meals on these cold nights are a perfect way to enjoy time with your family. This recipe will feed a family of 6-8 pretty easily because that barley is so hearty. This soup could also be started on low, in the morning, in your crock pot and be left all day to work its magic. Dinner will be ready for you when you get home from work.
If you have a different variation of Beef & Barley soup, I would love to see it. Leave it for me on the Ranch Raised FB page. You can grab this recipe on the Your Ag Network app or website! Have a great day!
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Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 3 daughters near Broken Bow, NE. She grew up in western NE, with roots also in southwest SD. The cattle industry and raising kids is her passion.
Watching the cattle industry go the path that it has gone, she could no longer sit quietly at home checking cows, fixing fence, and doing all the everyday tasks wondering when some else was going to make it all better. As she became more active and outspoken on industry issues, she was asked to join the R-CALF USA staff in September 2020 as the Checkoff Petition Campaign manager. That position transcended into her current role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
You can hear her almost every Friday on Your Ag Network’s Hot Barn Report that is broadcast on 60 radio stations with coverage in 9 states, where she deep dives into cattle industry issues and highlights R-CALF’s work on industry reforms. Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
karina@youragnetwork.com or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
