colorful slow cooker soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 pound ground beef, broken into small chunks
• 1 (28 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
• 2 cups pearl barley
• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen mixed vegetables
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes with basil, garlic, and oregano
• 2 teaspoons salt, or more to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper, or more to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• water as needed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ready Time: 5 hrs 10 mins


• combine ground beef, spaghetti sauce, pearl barley, mixed vegetables, diced tomatoes, salt, pepper, and garlic powder in the crock of a slow cooker; add enough water so the ingredients are submerged in liquid.
• cook on high for 5 hours. adjust seasonings and thin with water as desired.