Heartwarming Beef-Barley Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs boneless beef chuck
4 cups water
2 cups low sodium beef broth
2 cups sliced celery
2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
1 cup sliced carrot
1 cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 garlic clove, minced
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1 cup quick-cooking barley (or regular barley, precooked)

Preparation

Trim fat from meat, cut meat into 1/2-inch cubes.
In a Dutch oven combine meat, water, broth, celery, mushrooms, carrots, onion, salt, rosemary, pepper, and garlic and bring to boiling, reduce heat.
Cover and simmer 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until meat is tender, if necessary, skim fat.
Stir in tomato paste and barley. Return to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 10 minutes or until barley is done.