Ingredients

• 1 c. each: lentils, dried peas, navy beans
• 1-2 onions
• melted butter
• garlic
• carrots
• celery
• rutabagas
• cabbage
• 1 chicken bullion cube
• beef bone, meat
• tomato paste

Directions

1. Mix lentils, peas, beans the night before; put into a pot of hot water and cover. Later, drain the water and replace. Next day, drain and rinse the beans.

2. Add onions and garlic to a pan with melted butter. Cook until soft.

3. In a big pot, cover beans with new water (approx. 1" above the beans); simmer. Scoop scum off top of water; continue until scum stops coming to the top.

4. Then add vegetables (chop into small pieces). Add at correct cooking time for each; don’t overcook.

5. Add bullion cube, beef bone, and any additional meat.

6. Try beans after 1 hr.; add a squirt of tomato paste.

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