3 crock mushroom barley soup chicken Recipes

lean stewing beef, cut into 1 inch chunks, dried oregano, divided, crushed red pepper flakes, divided, low sodium salt, divided, garlic cloves, minced, to taste (i use a small food processor), onion, chopped, tomatoes, undrained (hunts fire roasted), celery ribs, diced, bay leaves, pearl barley , sorted and rinsed, chicken broth (low sodium, low fat ), baby portabella mushrooms, sliced (can substitute with regular button mushrooms), carrots, peeled and chopped (optional), kidney beans, drained & rinsed

pearl barley, chicken stock, leeks, cut in half and roughly sliced, carrot, roughly chopped, celery, roughly chopped, button mushroom, sliced, frozen corn, frozen peas, herbes de provence, garlic powder, dried onion flakes, bay leaf