Lisa's Bean Soup

I went to visit Lisa one night and she had made this wonderful soup. I loved it! I had just bought a huge bucket of 15 bean mix for my food storage and was happy to find a good recipe for it. I used to put the ground beef in, but I don't anymore. We all prefer it with just the ham. I bought three spiral hams from Costco for Sam's farewell, and froze the meaty bones to use later for this soup. I'm afraid I just used my last one. Everyone loves it. I always feel good when I feed my family legumes.

2 cups of 15 bean soup mix, washed

3 qt. water

1 lb. browned ground beef

1 meaty ham bone

1 lg. pinch basil

1 lt. pinch thyme

1 t. salt

Cook all except ground beef. Boil. Simmer for 3 hours

Add:

1 lg. onion, chopped

2-3 stalks celery, chopped

3 lg. carrots, diced

1 16 oz. can tomatoes (I always puree my tomatoes)

1 6 oz. can tomato paste

1 T. parsley flakes

2 T. beef broth powder

Cook until vegetables are tender