Autumn Soup

1 lb ground beef
1 cup chopped onion
4 cups water
1 cup sliced carrots
1 cup diced celery
1 cup cubed potatoes
2 tsp salt
1 tsp Kitchen Bouquet
1/4 tsp pepper
1 bay leaf
1/8 tsp basil
6 tomatoes (4 cups)

Cook meat till brown. Cook and stir onions with meat till onions are tender. Stir in rest of ingredients exceept tomatioes. Heat to boil. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Add potatoes. cover and simmer until veggies are tender.

This is a wonderful, comforting, hearty soup on a cool autumn day. It's one of the first dinners we have when the weather turns cooler. Very tasty and very frugal too!