Slow-cooker Beef, Vegetable & Barley Stew

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12 Ingredients

• 1 lb organic stew beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 carrots, peeled and cut into thick chunks
• 1 celery stalk, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 cup cremini mushrooms, quartered
• 1/2 cup pearl barley
• 1/2 cup fresh or frozen lima beans
• 6 cups beef broth
• 1 bouquet garni (bay leaf, thyme sprigs & sage leaves tied together with kitchen twine)
• optional: 1 tsp cardamom seeds, crushed in a mortar and pestle and tied up in a cheesecloth satch...