Beef barley soup

Recipe from Taste of Home Magazine

1 lbbeef top round steak, cut into ½-inch cubes
1 tcanola oil
3 cans(14½ ounces each) beef broth
2 cwater
1/3 cmedium pearl barley
1 tsalt
1/8 tpepper
1 cchopped carrots
½ cchopped celery
¼ cchopped onion
3 Tminced fresh parsley
1 cfrozen peas

In a Dutch oven, brown beef in oil; drain. Stir in the broth, water, barley, vegetables (except for frozen peas) salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for ½ hour or until vegetables are tender. Stir in peas; heat through.