1. Heat a soup pot with 1/4 cup olive oil. Add the onion, celery, carrots and cook for 15 minutes or until tender. 2. Then add garlic, rosemary, bay leaf and salt and cook for 5 minutes.
Minestrone soup is a lovely thick soup of Italian origin ... 400g tin of cannellini beans Two rashers of smoked streaky bacon Olive oil Half a tsp dried oregano One fresh bay leaf Two x 400g ...