Vegetable Soup

• 3 stalks celery, diced
• 5 carrots, shredded
• 14-13 turnip, shredded
• 1 onion, chopped
• 6 tomatoes, diced
• 1 meaty soup bone
• 12 cup fresh green beans, diced
• 12 cup fresh yellow beans, diced
• 2 12 quarts water
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon fresh chervil
• 1 teaspoon fresh parsley
• 1 teaspoon fresh chives
• 1 dash thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and pepper

1. Combine all the ingredients (except for the green and yellow beans) in a large soup pot.
2. Cover with water and simmer very slowly, all day, if possible.
3. Add the beans at the last so that they stay crisp.
4. Serve with a sprinkling of fresh chives or parsley.

stalks celery, carrots, onion, tomatoes, soup bone, green beans, yellow beans, water, sugar, fresh chervil, parsley, fresh chives, thyme, bay leaf, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/vegetable-soup-73959 (may not work)