Slow cooker Beef and Barley Soup

Since I had barley leftover from last week, I found this recipe that I could do in my crockpot.



It took some prep to do before you put it in the crockpot. I am usually against that. The soup turned out ok. I swear the carrots still weren't quite done after being in the crockpot all day. The meat had a nice texture...not buttery like the stew I posted, but fine. The barely turned out really good though.

To be honest, the entire time I was making this I keep thinking how good a mushroom and barley soup sounded. Doesn't that sound good?

I served it with some homemade wheat bread from my breadmachine.