Lentil "Barley" Soup?

Is there anything better to do when you're snowed in under 18 inches of powder than make a nice, big pot of soup? I've had a bag of frozen vegetables odds 'n' ends sitting in my freezer for a couple months and decided to finally turn it into stock. The bag included: muchrooms, scallions, peppers, sweet potatoes, onions, carrots, celery, tomatoes, and probably a couple other random trimmings that I'm forgetting. I threw it all in my biggest pot, which isn't quite big enough for my tastes, tossed it with some olive oil, and sauteed for a bit before filling the pan with water, adding black pepper and aminos, and letting it simmer for almost 2 hours.

Once the stock was cooked and drained, I chopped up an onion, the rest of a bag of baby carrots from the fridge, and some celery, and sauteed that in the pot. I added the stock, the rest of a bag of lentils, and 1 cup of a mystery grain, which I'm reasonably sure is barley, and boiled it until the lentils and grains were cooked. I was pretty nervous that this would end up being a rather ho-hum soup, but I'm quite pleased with the results. Also a plus: the fact that I used a whole bunch of shit that I already had in the kitchen. That's probably the best things about making soup/stew/chili: no recipe needed, just throw in whatever you have on hand.