1 lb. beef stew meat, cook, take off fat
1 med. onion, diced
3 stalks celery, diced
5 carrots, diced
1 qt. V-8 juice
Salt & pepper (as you like)
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 c. barley

Use broth from cooking meat. Add all ingredients. Put in crock pot. Simmer all day. (May cook meat in crockpot half a day, then add vegetables and cook another half a day.) Your house will smell yummy!