Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. dry navy beans
1 meaty ham bone
1 large onion, chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
2 carrots, grated
salt to taste
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. thyme
1 (28 oz.) can tomatoes
1 1/2 c. finely shredded spinach leaves

Preparation

Wash beans.
Add
water, bring to boil.
Boil 2 minutes and remove from heat.
Let stand 1 hour.
Drain beans, add ham bone and 3
quarts
water
to beans.
Simmer 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Remove bones
from
broth and when cool enough to handle, trim meat from bones.
Add ham, onion, celery, carrots and seasonings.
Simmer for
1
hour or until beans are done.
Add tomatoes.
Cook 10 to 15 minutes.
Just before serving add spinach leaves.