Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

ham bone (can also add 1/2 lb. raw bacon)
3 onions, diced
4 stalks celery, sliced
4 carrots, sliced
1 pkg. Lipton dry onion soup mix
1/2 lb. dry beans, washed
1 c. stewed tomatoes
1 potato, diced

Preparation

Combine ham bone, onions, celery and carrots; add water to cover.
When it starts boiling, add dry onion soup and beans.
Let simmer until beans are tender.
Add tomatoes and potato when soup is almost done.
Cut meat off ham bone and add to soup.