Beef barley soup with spinach, Beef vegetable soup, Bacon cheeseburger soup

Soup is good anytime. These recipes are all a twist on some old ones.
Beef barley soup with spinach
2-1/2 lbs. beef stew meat, cut into 1-in. pieces
5 C water
1 pkg. dry onion-mushroom soup mix
1 tsp. dried thyme leaves
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 C medium pearled barley
4 C loosely packed fresh baby s...