Hamburger Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef
1 (1 lb.) can tomatoes, cut up
3 medium carrots, sliced *
2 medium potatoes, cubed *
1 pkg. onion soup mix
1/2 c. chopped celery
3 c. water
1 1/2 tsp. salt (optional)
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. dried oregano leaves, crushed (optional)
1 c. frozen green beans

Preparation

*The recipe
calls for peeling these vegetables, but in the interest of
adding
bulk to our diet, I simply scrub them well and use them peels and all.