Categories: Beef, Main Dish, Soup

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb beef sirloin, trimmed, cubed into bite sized pieces
• 2 cups carrots, diced
• 2 cups celery, diced
• 1 1/2 cups onions, diced
• 2 cups potatoes, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 small shallot, minced
• 2 (10 ounce) cans mushrooms, use juice too (if using whole mushrooms, cut in half)
• 1 3/4 cups pearl barley
• 12 cups nonfat beef broth (substitute chicken if no beef)
• 2 bay leaves

Directions

1. Spray large pot with extra virgin olive oil spray. Over med-high heat, lightly brown beef and then add veggies, except for mushrooms. Saute for a 3-5 minutes.

2. Add broth, bay leaf, barley, mushrooms (with juice). Bring to boil.

3. Lower heat and simmer for 30-60 minutes or until barley and veggies are tender. Remove bay leaves.

4. Salt and pepper to taste.

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