Recipe for Ground Turkey and Barley Soup with Mushrooms and Spinach

If you enjoy barley in soup, you'll love this soup with ground turkey, barley, mushrooms, and spinach!

I'm on a quest to prove that ground turkey doesn't have to be boring, and this comforting and flavorful soup was the latest recipe where I experimented with lean ground turkey as an ingredient.  The soup also has lots of brown Crimini mushrooms and chopped spinach, two ingredients I really like with barley.  The final ingredient that helps the ground turkey to shine is mushroom stock, which I made using Better than Bouillon Mushroom Base.  (Another brand I love is Telma Mushroom Cubes, but lately I can't find those in my stores.)  If you don't want to buy mushroom base, you can still make this using all vegetable stock, but bumping up the mushroom flavor makes a big difference.  Jake and I both loved this definitely-not-boring ground turkey soup, and I shared the leftovers with my friend Robin, who also gave it two thumbs up.

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