Vegan Beeflike Barley Soup

The boy is really wonderful when it comes to trying vegan things.  We usually make a soup every week to freeze for later and to nibble during the work week.  Our rotation includes soups like split pea, chili, and lately chickenish noodle soup.  This week, the boy put together a very tasty barley soup with chunks of beefy seitan that I'd made earlier in the weekend...

This soup included not-beef boullion cubes, carrots, potato, seitan, a bit of Widmer hefeweizen, and some farmer's market onion.  It's so good!  Especially with the toasted remnants of the no-knead bread.  I really want to try some new soups that the cohabiter might like...