Mom'S Vegetable Beef Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

soup bone
1 to 1 1/2 lb. stew beef
1/2 c. chopped onion
1/2 c. chopped celery
salt and pepper
2 c. bite-size potatoes
1 c. sliced carrots
water

Preparation

Brown soup bone and stew beef in deep pot.
Cover with water. Simmer with onion and celery for at least 2 hours, keeping covered with water.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Half hour before eating, add potatoes and carrots, or any other vegetables you may have.