Core Beef, Mushroom, and Barley Soup 6 Points

Ingredients

• 1 pound beef top round cut into 1“ cubes, all fat removed
• 3/4 cup pearl barley
• 2 14.5 ounce cans Beef broth
• 3 cups Water
• 3 each carrot chopped
• 2 each Onion chopped
• 3 stalks celery chopped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Salt
• 1/4 teaspoon Pepper
• 1 1/2 cups butter beans
• 1 1/2 cups fresh mushroom sliced
• 2 teaspoons garlic minced, for braising meat
• 1 tablespoon Garlic minced

Instructions

1. Crock pot method: Spray pot with non-stick cooking oil. In sauce pan, spray with cooking spray and add 2 teaspoons of minced garlic; braise the top round just to coat. Combine all ingredients in crockpot and cook on high for 1 hour and set to low for 7 hours..
2. Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 419 Calories; 8g Fat (17.1% calories from fat); 31g Protein; 58g Carbohydrate; 18g Dietary Fiber; 41mg Cholesterol; 1332mg Sodium. Exchanges: 3 Grain(Starch); 6 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fat.