My Mother's Veggie Minestrone Soup

• 1 clove Garlic
• 1 Bay leaf
• 3 slice Bacon
• 1/2 Onion
• 1/2 Carrot
• 1 Green bell pepper
• 1 Potato
• 1/2 stalk Celery
• 1 can + 2 cans worth of water Canned tomatoes, water
• 2 Consomme bouillon cubes
• 1 Salt and pepper
• 1 tbsp Tomato ketchup
• 1 Parmesan cheese
• 1 Dried celery and parsley

1. Combine olive oil, garlic, and the bay leaf in a pot, turn on the heat, then saute.
2. When the garlic becomes aromatic, add the ingredients marked , and saute.
3. When the ingredients from Step 2 are lightly cooked, (when the onions become translucent), add the ingredients marked with , and increase to high heat.
4. Bring to a boil, skim the scum, simmer on low heat, then add the ingredients marked with to taste.
5. Season with grated Parmesan cheese and parsley.
6. Add plenty of melting cheese and make soup pasta meal out of it.
7. Or, use it as topping for buttered rice with cheese and make doria.

clove garlic, bay leaf, bacon, onion, carrot, green bell pepper, celery, salt, tomato ketchup, parmesan cheese, celery

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/155551-my-mothers-veggie-minestrone-soup (may not work)