Beef and Barley Soup

This turned out a well seasoned soup with many requests for the recipe. Since I followed the recipe (except for using a cheaper cut of beef and cutting it up instead of leaving it whole and shredding it later) it did turn out more like a soup than a stew. Personally I would have liked more barley, but that was not the general consensus. Interestingly everyone that was on a low carb diet particularly liked it. I will cook this again, both for home or pot-luck.

We liked this soup, but I felt that the tomato puree kind of overpowered the beef broth flavor that I like in this type of soup. Also, I would double the amount of barley. Other than that, it's a good recipe that I would make again.