Spinach Vegetable Barley Bean Soup

Name: Spinach Vegetable Barley Bean Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 2 stalks celery (chopped); 1 medium onion (diced); 2 carrots (chopped); 1 medium leek (white and pale green parts only, washed thoroughly and thinly sliced); 1 cup quick-cooking barley; 1 tablespoon tomato paste; 8 cups low sodium vegetable broth; 15 ounces cannellini beans or other beans (rinsed and drained); 2 teaspoon sprigs fresh thyme or 1 dried thyme; 1 teaspoon stem fresh basil or 1 dried thyme; 4 handfuls baby spinach