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Monday Munchies ~ Beef Barley Soup

Each Monday we will kick off the week with a Must have recipe to help get you out of the kitchen and back stitching ASAP!

Fall is right around the corner and that means 1 thing at the Leader house ~ SOUP. We LOVE soup in our house. Not canned soup mind you (too much salt and not enough flavor), homemade soup. My husband always makes soup and I love this Beef Barley Recipe. I wish this was a scratch and sniff blog, b/c the smell at my house is amazing! Hope you enjoy this as much as we will tonight!

Beef Barley Soup

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 pound lean stewing beef, diced into small chunks

1 tablespoon flour

32 ounces fat free beef stock (comes in a box)

1 diced carrot

1 diced onion

1 stalk of celery diced

¾ cup pearl barley

½ teaspoon thyme

1 can (14 ½ ounces) diced tomatoes

Instructions

1 ~ Add oil to skillet.

2 ~ Sear diced stewing beef in pan.

3 ~ Add flour to pan and stir for approx. 1 minute

4 ~ Add beef stock to pan and stir

5 ~ Add remainder of ingredients

6 ~ Simmer 1 to 2 hours until barley is softened.