Beef with barley stew recipe

Ok ok ok...last post in my comfort food crazzzze for today. So the reason that I have this repertoire of cozy night recipes is because Eric would go hunting every night and I would imagine him sitting out in the cold in these trees and it would like telepathically make me feel cold. So I would make these soups and stews thinking that he would be cold when he got home and would want something hot and hearty like this. One day he was like "ohhh, soup again..." Turns out since he was driving over 1/2 hour home from his hunting spot in his heated car he was never actually cold when he got back haha. But whatever, either way he appreciated the thought and still loved the food!

What you'll need:
2 lbs beef chuck roast, 1 in cubes
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp thyme
1 can (14.5 oz) beef broth
2 cups water
1 cup dry red wine
4 baby red potatoes, 1 in cubes
4 carrots, 1 in chunks
1 cup barley

1. In a bowl combine flour with a pinch of salt and pepper. Put in beef cubes and toss to coat.
2. In a large dutch oven heat 2 tbsp olive oil over med-high heat. Add half the flour coated meat and cook until browned on the outside. Remove meat, add another tbsp of olive oil and the second half of the meat to brown, return the other half of meat back into the pot. Add the onion, garlic and thyme. Cook for about 3 minutes.
3. Add the can of beef broth and stir to scrape up the browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Add water and wine, bring the mixture to a boil then reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 hour.
4. During simmer heat oven to 375 degrees. In a shallow roasting pan, sprayed with cooking spray, add carrots and potatoes and drizzle with olive oil, a sprinkle of salt pepper and thyme and toss to coat. Roast uncovered for about 45 minutes until veggies are tender, stirring once or twice.
5. Add barley to pot along with veggies and cook for another 1/2 hour until barley and veggies are completely cooked. For a more soupy consistency you may want to add more beef stock or water.