Autumn Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef
1 onion, chopped
4 c. water
1 c. cut-up carrots
1 c. diced celery
1 c. cubed potatoes
2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 bay leaf
1/8 tsp. basil
1 (28 oz.) can tomatoes

Preparation

Brown meat.
Add everything but tomatoes.
Cook 25 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook 10 minutes, or longer.
Then serve.