Bean Pot Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. dried navy beans
1 (1 lb. 4 oz.) can tomatoes
1 carrot, cubed
1 beef bouillon cube
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 Tbsp. shortening
3 qt. water
1 c. diced celery
1 potato, cubed
1 Tbsp. salt
1/2 lb. ground beef
1/4 c. rice

Preparation

Wash the beans.
Add to the water and bring to a boil.
Boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let the beans soak for 1 hour. Simmer the beans for 20 minutes. Add tomatoes, celery, carrot, potato, rice, onion, bouillon cube, salt and pepper.
Brown the ground beef in shortening.
Bring soup to a boil.
Add the meat. Cover and simmer for 1 hour.