Pioneer Soup from Scratch

Use one or more things from each group:

FAT: oil (margarine, butter, lard, tallow, or bacon)

FLAVOR 1: garlic (onion, celery or carrot)

FLAVOR 2: parsley (tomato, spoonful fo tomato paste, oregano or basil)

STARCH: potato (any kind of pasta, rice or barley)

LEGUMES: beans (chickpeas or lentils)

leaves GREENS: lettuce (escarole, spinach, swiss chard, kale, cabbage, endive, turnip tops, radish tops, or celery)