3 dry slow cooker friendly Recipes

needed : 5 quart slow cooker, lean ground beef, onion, chopped, salt, pepper, water, potatoes, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch cubes, italian diced tomatoes low-sodium, undrained, low sodium v8 juice, chopped celery, sliced carrots, sugar, dried parsley flakes, dried basil, bay leaf

pearl barley, lean lamb (all visibile fat removed, cut into large chunks), onions (peeled and cut into vertical cunks), carrots (cut into 1 inch chunks ), parsnip (cut into 1 inch cunks), potatoes (peeled and cut into chunks ), bay leaves, beef bouillon cubes (or lamb stock cubes), dried rosemary, water