Homestead Vegetable Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 sweet potato
1 carrot
1 turnip
1 parsnip
1 onion
1 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. rice
2 qt. cold water
1 bay leaf
sprig parsley (1 tsp. dry)
1 celery root
1 tsp. salt

Preparation

Peel and dice all vegetables.
Melt butter in 4-quart pot. Saute all vegetables except potato (white).
Add rice, water and herbs.
Boil 1 1/2 hours.
Add white potato, boil for 15 minutes more.
Adjust seasoning to taste.
May add or change vegetables with what you have on hand.