Warm up your day with this hearty Beef & Barley Soup, perfect for cozy nights and easy crock pot cooking! 🍲🥕✨ Ingredients: - 1 pound boneless chuck roast, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces - 1 1/2 cups carrots, cut thin - 1 1/2 cups celery, thinly sliced - 2/3 cup onion, chopped - 10-12 mushrooms, sliced - 2 tablespoons beef base - 8-10 cups water - 1 or 2 large bay leaves - 1 cup uncooked pearl barley Directions: 1. Grab your trusty crock pot and throw in the beef, carrots, celery, onion, mushrooms, and that flavorful beef base. 2. Pour in enough water to cover the ingredients, then toss in the bay leaves for that extra depth of flavor. 3. Give everything a good stir to combine—it’s about to get delicious! 4. Pop the lid on and set your crock pot to low, letting it work its magic for 6-8 hours until the beef is nice and tender. 5. About 30 minutes before you're ready to serve, stir in the pearl barley. Let it soak up all those yummy flavors! 6. Don’t forget to fish out the bay leaves before serving. Enjoy your warm bowl of goodness! #ComfortFood #CrockPotRecipes #HeartySoup #BeefAndBarley #HomeCooking 🍽️❤️

These rainy days have made me get my slow cooker recipes out again 📔🌧 If you’re lacking inspiration for dinner, why not try my granny's beef and pearl barley stew 🍲 I promise it's worth the 2 hr wait! Perfectly comforting and satisfying served with a baked potato, lashings of butter and seasonal greens. Yum. ~ 500g braising beef, cubed 2 tbsp plain flour 300g carrots, peeled and chopped 2 sticks celery, chopped 1 onion, sliced 250g mushrooms, chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 50g pearl barley 1 orange, juiced and 2 peels of zest 2 rosemary sprigs (or 2 tsp dried) 800ml beef stock ~ 1. Preheat oven to 170C/fan 160C. Toss the beef in flour and, if using, season with salt and pepper. Heat some oil in a large oven proof casserole dish and brown the beef. Remove and place to one side. 2. Add the vegetables and garlic to the pan and sauté for 5 mins, stirring occasionally. Return the beef to the pan with the barley, orange, rosemary and enough stock to cover everything. 3. Bring to the boil, stir well, cover and cook in the oven for about 2 hours until the beef is tender. Check halfway through cooking to see if more stock is needed to stop it from drying out. Serve with baked or mashed potatoes and greens. ~ @daddelicious #stew #slowcooker #beefstew #pearlbarley #beefandbarley #homemade #homecooked #eatseasonal #dinner #whatmybabyeats #easymeal #babyledweaning #blw #inmykitchen #fussyeaters #chef #foodie #familyfood #kidsmeals #yum #eeats #feedfeed #instadad #f52grams #buzzfeedfood #instafood #foodshare #foodstagram #familyfoodtribe #daddelicious (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBQqA7eFxm1/?igshid=1g06yuc4uo7vn

#soupsunday Can you tell what I’m brewing? #beefstew #barley #beefandbarley #grassfedbeef #organic #domesticwintersoldier #fullmetalblunt

Beef and barley soup. Long and slow, first the bone broth, then the braising. Worth it. . . . . #cookfromscratch #cookathome #comfortfood #eeeeeats #beefandbarley #soupson #broth #homecooking #vanfoodie #mainlyfood https://www.instagram.com/p/BqXeoLHBknW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h9eymva19mxi

Decided to try something from the Irish cookbook I've had for a while. Beef and barley stew. Comfort food for those cold winter nights. #Irish #beefandbarley #comfortfood #food #cooking

Housemade Beef and barley soup at #woodyspressbox #soup #beefandbarley (at Woody's Press Box)

Tonight's dinner: beef & barley soup. Perfect for a week of storms! #beefandbarley #soups #comfortfood

Dinner is served #bond #bondy #yum #beefandbarley #canberra (at Beef & Barley)