Chicken Barley Soup

JR was sick today, so I made this hearty soup.

3 carrots
4 stalks of celery
1/2 bell pepper (because it was in the fridge)
1/2 onion
about 2 cups cooked chicken (cut to pieces)
2 qts chicken broth
water
seasoning: garlic, caraway, rosemary, thyme, parsley, sea salt, pepper
Braggs Liquid Aminos
1 pot of cooked barley (I cooked 1 cup barley with 3 cups water)

Chop up vegetables and place in bowl
Dump bowl into crock pot, fill same bowl with same amount of water
Add seasonings and Liquid Aminos
Cook on high 2 hours

Add chicken, cooked barley (may have to break it up), 2 quarts of chicken broth.
Add more seasoning if desired.

Cook on low until heated up.

Italian Wedding Soup In Crock Pot

I got this from www.flylady.net but I changed it by taking out some ingredients. I like it better this way. Plus, you don't really have to 'cook' any of it, just heat it up.

Italian Wedding Soup In Crock Pot

12-15 1/2 oz frozen meatballs (quartered)
6 cups Chicken Broth
1 bunch spinach, (stems removed)
Garlic Salt, to taste
lemon pepper, to taste
1/4 cup Romano cheese
1/4 cup tiny pasta,

Pop the meatballs in the microwave for a minute or two on defrost, so you can quarter them.
combine all ingredients in crock pot and cook 3 hours on low. If the pasta is added during the last hour of cooking, you will see pasta, The first time I made it, I put it in at the beginning and it thickened the soup some.

This freezes well too.