Hearty Barley Soup With Avocado Recipe

• 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
• 1 sm red onion, diced
• 1 tsp chopped garlic
• 8 ounce cracked or possibly hulled barley, rinsed (not pearl barley)
• 3 quart vegetable broth
• 1 tsp sazon Goya
• 1 c. fresh or possibly frzn green peas
• 1 c. thinly sliced scallions white and pale green parts
• 1 c. fresh or possibly frzn corn kernels Freshly squeezed juice of 1/2 lemon Kosher salt, to taste freshly grnd black pepper, to taste
• 1 x ripe Haas avocado, pitted peeled and thinly sliced

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