Things I love: My slow cooker. Beef stew. Barley. Coming home after a long day's work to supper that is already made and bubbling away and all ready to be ladled into bowls and eaten up. And so this recipe has vaulted to the very top of my Recipes I Love list, because it combines all of these things together into one scrumptious slow cooker full of deliciousness. AND it makes enough for leftovers!