Hamburger Vegetable Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
6 to 7 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
4 to 5 medium carrots, diced
4 to 5 stalks celery with leaves, diced
4 bay leaves
2 Tbsp. dried parsley flakes
1/2 c. rice
2 (8 oz.) cans tomato sauce
water

Preparation

Brown hamburger and onion in 8-quart stockpot.
Fill pot to half full with water and add rest of ingredients.
(I omit the 1/2 cup rice and use 1/2 cup wild rice and also 1/2 cup barley.)
Add more water, as needed, to fill pot to 1-inch from top of pot. Simmer slowly for 2 hours.
Add salt and pepper as desired.