Healthy Beef Cabbage Stew

What You Need:
1 lb. lean stew beef, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1 onion, diced
1 carrot, sliced thin
5 C of water
1 leek, white part only, chopped
1 head of cabbage, cleaned and chopped
1/4 C of pearl barley
4 vegetable bouillon cubes
4 potatoes, peeled and boiled
How to Make It:
Spray the cooker
with cooking spray.
Add the beef, onion and carrots and [...]

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