Beef Mushroom Barley Soup

So here is soup recipe #2 for Sherry (as requested). This is a nice soup that you can stick in the crockpot and have ready when you get home, or cook up if you don't mind waiting a bit for dinner. Either way it is great on a cold blustery winter day.

2 c. sliced mushrooms.
1 c. cubed beef: you can use stew meat, steak, chuck roast, whatever you have.
1 c. pearl barley
1/2 c. diced onion
1 c. shredded carrot
6-8 c. beef stock
2 T. parsley

Put all ingredients in crockpot and cook on low 6-8 hours. OR
In a dutch oven brown mushrooms, onions and meat with about 1 T. oil. Add in remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer and cook for an hour.