Crockpot Vegetable Barley Soup (4 Pts) Recipe
Recipe
Ingredients
3/4 cup chopped onion
1 inch pieces green beans
2/3 cup uncooked barley
2/3 cup fresh or frozen whole kernel corn
1 Half a cup water
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 lb beef stew meat
1 small bell pepper, chopped
2 14.5 oz cans beef broth
2 14.5 oz cans diced tomatoes with garlic, undrained
1 8 oz can tomato sauce
Recipe
Preparation
1. Mix all ingredients in 4 to 5 quart slow cooker.
2. Cover and cook on low heat setting 8 to 9 hours or until vegetables and
barley are tender.
Nutrition Info:
1
serving = 190 calories
Fat 7g/Cholesterol 35mg/Sodium 900mg/Carbohydrate 20g/Fiber 4g/Protein 16g
MasterCook Formatted by Doug (bulldog9@mediaone.net) & posted to
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 150 Calories; 6g Fat (36.6%
calories from fat); 18g Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 37mg
Cholesterol; 820mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 2 1/2 Lean Meat;
1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fat.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preparation Time: 0:20
Servings:
10
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