1 1/4 lb Sweet potato, diced, peeled
3 Carrots, chopped
1 lg Celery stalk, chopped
1 Bay leaf
6 c Water
2 tb Lemon juice
1 ts Hungarian sweet paprika
Put all vegetables with the bay leaf in a soup pot. Add water & bring to a boil. Simmer for about one hour. Stir occasionally. Just befroe serving, add lemon juice & paprika. Remove bay leaf. Joel Rapp, “Mother Earth’s Vegetarian Feasts”