slow cooker barley-beef soup

Ingredients For slow cooker barley-beef soup

• 12 oz

  beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1 Tbsp

  cooking oil
• 3 can

  (10-3/4 oz.) beef broth
• 1 c

  chopped onion (1 large)
• 1/2 c

  chopped celery (1 stalk)
• 1 tsp

  dried oregano or basil, crushed
• 1/4 tsp

  black pepper
• 2 clove

  garlic, minced
• 1

  bay leaf
• 1 c

  frozen mixed vegetables
• 1 can

  (14-1/2 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 c

  1/2-inch slices peeled parsnip - or - 1/2-inch cubes peeled potato
• 2/3 c

  regular barley (not quick-cooking)