Minestrone Soup (with meat)

1 lb meatballs
1 lb shin bone
4 stalks celery
3 carrots
1 lg onion
2 lg (or 4 small) potatoes
1 c. green beans
1 can stewed tomatoes
Parsley
Fresh basil
2 cloves garlic
Grated cheese
1 c. ditallini
1/2 c. peas
1 can kidney beans undrained

Cook shin bone in 3 quarts water for 45 minutes. Remove bone (you may want to strain soup water). Brown meatballs. Add to shin bone water.

Add celery and cook 15 minutes. Cut up veggies and add carrots, onion, potatoes, green beans, stewed tomatoes, parsley, basil and garlic. Cook 1 hour, adding grated cheese while cooking. Add ditallini 5 minutes before hour is up.

Turn off heat and add peas and kidney beans (juices, too). Serve with grated cheese.