Simple Bean Soup With Ham Bone - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb navy beans
3 quarts water
1 ham bone, meaty
1 cup celery, chopped
1 onion, chopped
4 carrots, sliced
1 tablespoon salt
pepper, to taste

Preparation

Simmer beans in water with ham bone for 2 hours.
Add other ingredients, simmer 2 hours, until beans are tender.
Remove meat from bone, discard bone.