Beef Barley Soup

4 servings @ 4 points each

10 oz boneless round steak, cut into eighteen 1” cubes

3 oz. barley

1 ½ oz dried lima beans

¾ cup chopped onions

¾ cup chopped carrots

½ cup sliced celery

1 tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

1 cup sliced mushrooms

Soak lima beans overnight.

Boil barley according to directions

Combine the steak, barley, lima beans in 2 cans of beef broth in the crock pot.  Cook for 1 hr. on high.  Cook for 2 hrs on low and add the remaining vegetables and seasonings except for the mushrooms.  Cook for 3 more hours and then add the sliced mushrooms.  Cook 2 more hours.