Black bean and barley soup

I thought it might be nice to put up the recipe I invented last Friday so that there would be something useful here :-)

12 cups water
6 vegetarian beef flavored bullion cubes
1 cup chopped onions
1 cup carrots, cut into rounds
3/4 cup pearl or hulled barley
1 15-oz can black beans, drained

saute the onions in a bit of water, letting it go dry repeatedly until slightly brown. Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil, simmer at least 45 minutes or until barley is done and flavors are well blended.

Makes 17 servings of 1 cup each, 2 point per cup. Core.