Fasolatha(Bean Soup) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. beans (dried Northern)
1 1/2 c. finely chopped onions
1 c. finely chopped celery with some of the leaves (scrape celery of strings)
2 carrots, sliced in thin slices
2 Tbsp. chopped parsley
2 cloves garlic, cut in half
1 c. canned tomatoes, mashed
3/4 c. olive oil
2 tsp. salt
some pepper
2 to 3 Tbsp. chicken bouillon base (to your taste)
2 potatoes, quartered long ways, then cubed

Preparation

Soak beans
in\tcold water overnight.
If you forget to do this, then\tcover beans with water; let them come to a boil for about 2
minutes.
Take
off
fire\tand cover beans for an hour. Drain; rinse beans and make soup.