Beef Barley Soup With Spinach... - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 lbs stew meat
1 (1 ounce) package dry onion and mushroom soup mix (.9-1.4 oz size)
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 cup medium pearl barley
4 cups fresh Baby Spinach
5 cups water
salt
pepper

Preparation

Combine beef, soup mix, thyme, 5 cups water, 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoons pepper in pot, bring to boil.
Reduce heat cover and simmer 1 hour.
Stir in barley simmer covered 45 minutes-1 hour or till tender and beef is fork tender.
Stir in spinach remove from heat. Let stand covered 5 minutes.