My wife has been goat-sitting for some friends-of-friends the last couple of weeks, which means we’ve been getting a bunch of goat milk.  Over the weekend, she decided to make most of the supply into farmer’s cheese, which left a big pot of whey left over.  We didn’t want to just throw it out, since not only is it tasty but quite nutritious, so we decided to make soup. 

I threw in some barley, and let it cook until the barley was soft, then added a can of diced tomatoes, a bunch of dried basil, and some pepper, plus a bunch of pre-made frozen meatballs (yay, Costco) and a couple of handfulls of pre-washed baby carrots.  My total involvement was about 5 minutes, with maybe an hour total cooking time (mostly for the barley).

The result was quite tasty, with a distinctly sweet taste from the way, and a very rich, velvety texture.  The slight sweetness mixed with the tomatoes made me think of Spaghetti-O’s, only good.

The only thing I like better than easy food is easy food made from ingredients I already had.