Chicken and Vegetable Broth

1/2 onion, finely diced

1 carrot, finely diced

1 potato, finely diced

750ml chicken stock, fresh if possible or otherwise a stock cube is perfect.

2 breasts of chicken, roughly chopped

75g pearl barley, soaked for 1 hr and rinsed

1 dessertspoon cornflour

100ml Full-fat milk

small bunch fresh flat leaf parsley, finely chopped