vegetable soup

Ingredients

• 3 - stalks celery, chopped
• 1 large onion, diced
• 3 cups water
• 5 - 14.5 oz. cans beef broth
• 1 - 8 oz. can tomato sauce
• 1/3 - 4 oz. can totato paste
• 1 - 28 oz. can tomatoes with juice, squished up
• 1 - 5.5 oz. can v-8 juice
• 1 - 14 oz. package frozen corn
• 1 1/2 cups frozen peas
• 1 - 14 oz. package frozen baby limas
• 2 cups carrots, sliced or chopped
• 2 - small bay leaves
• 3 teaspoons garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 3/4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 - level tbsp. sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter
• - salt and pepper to taste