Easy Beef Barley Soup

1 to 2 cups shredded beef roast

1 can mushroom slices

1 carrot, sliced

1 peice celery, sliced (if you want to)

1cup raw barley

64 oz. of water

2 heaping tablespoons of instant  beef broth

parsley for color

1 can crushed tomatoes

boil water and cook barley. add everything else to it and simmer until done. ( I used cooked carrots)

A nice warm meal for a cald day.

You will need more water or broth. I forgot how much the barley absorbs.

I love beef barley soup, one of my favorite soups. My mother, my aunt (my mother's sister), and my grandmother (my mother's & aunt's mother) makes the best beef barely soup. They're like the "queen" of making soups. I can go for just about any kind of soup right now, but I have to watch my sodium intake, I'm a "heart healthy" diet and a "the dash" diet. I wish I can find some canned soups that are low in sodium like about 250 mg or less that I can pour in a bowl and micowave (the ready made kind that you don't add water to).

I bet your soup came out good.

It all looks real good except for the can of tomatoes. I am not fond of tomatoes in soup unless it is tomato soup or if it is spaghetti.

I like using oxtails as my beef base.