Vegetable Soup

I couldn't figure out what to make today, and all I had was a pound of hamburger, so I decided I would make soup.

• 1/2 onion [sliced from top to bottom, to make slivers]
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 stalk sliced celery
  
• 1 cubed [0.5”x0.5”] carrot (already cooked)
• 1 cubed [“”] potato
• ¼ cup cubed [“”] fresh tomato
• ¼ cup tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon basil
• ¼ - 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper or fresh jalapeno
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste
• 1 can condensed tomato soup

Sauté onions and celery in pan with salt and pepper. Add garlic. Brown hamburger, so that the pieces are 1” blocks. Add carrot, potato, tomato, and tomato paste. Season. Add can of soup. Cook until vegetables are soft. The way I cooked it, it took less than half an hour. The soup was better the second day, and because Sarah said so, I had to post. :-)