Barley Vegetable Soup

This is a super yummy and easy recipe. I had to make a few adjustments because I could not locate any barley and my husband is a meat eater so I added lean stew beef.

Combine all ingredients in crock pot:
4 cups tomato juice
2.5 C chopped zucchini
2 - 14 oz cans reduced sodium chicken broth
1.5 cups chopped red and yellow peppers
1 C chopped onion ( 1 large)
1/2 C regular barley
1/4 tsp black pepper
3 cloves garlic minced

Cover and cook on low 8-9 hours or on high 4 hours. I also added a few carrots. It had the best broth and was so yummy. Enjoy