Beef-barley Soup

Ingredients

2 pound beef
1 tablespoon oil
1 cup carrots
1 cup celery
1 slice onion
1/2 cup green pepper
1/4 cup parsley
4 cup beef broth
1 package tomatoes
1 cup spagetti sauce
5/8 cup pearl barley
2 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon salt
4 ts pepper

Instructions

Cut meat into 1 inch cubes. In a large skillet brown meat, half at a time, inhot oil. Drain well. Meanwhile in crockpot combine carrots, celery,onion, green pepper, and parsley. Add broth, undrained tomatoes, spagettisauce, barley, basil, salt, and pepper. Stir in browned meat.

Cover; cook on low-heat setting for 10-12 hours or on high-heat settingfor 4 1/2-5 hours. Skim off fat.