3 old fashioned barley mushrooms Recipes

vegetable oil, chopped onion, chopped bell pepper (either green or red or you can use any type pepper), sliced mushrooms (can be any type of shrooms, i find standard supermarket button mushrooms work well), water, barley, rinsed (i use pearled barley), salt, black pepper (preferably freshly ground )

beef chuck, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (can use sirloin ), salt, fresh ground black pepper, extra virgin olive oil, garlic cloves, minced, onions, coarsely chopped, cremini mushrooms, quartered, dried thyme, carrots, coarsely chopped, stalks celery & leaves, coarsely chopped, tomato paste, red wine (merlot, chianti, barolo, cabernet), beef broth, pearl barley