Easy and delicous -- but I made a few changes: for 5 hrs. I slowcooked 2 1/2 lbs. stew beef - cut up with a big dash of worcestershire sauce, garlic and basil; 5 cups beef broth (because I couldn't get the 6th cup to fit in my crock pot); italian frozen veggies (cut up a little); definitely keep the stewed tomatoes and cut up onion, a small can of corn and a small can of peas. I cooked the quick barley separately (and left in the 'fridge until the last heat through.) I will make this recipe until May (because that's when the snow melts around here!)

Reviewed On: Feb. 19, 2007