fasolada (vegetarian greek bean soup)

Ingredients For fasolada (vegetarian greek bean soup)

• 1 lb

  dried white beans, navy, great northern, your choice
• 1 lg

  yellow onion, roughly chopped
• 3 lg

  carrots, peeled and sliced
• 2

  celery stalks, strings removed and sliced
• 3 md

  ripe tomatoes or 15.5 ounce can peeled tomatoes
• 2 Tbsp

  tomato paste
• 5 Tbsp

  olive oil, extra virgin
• 2

  bay leaves
• handful of fresh flat leaf parsley
• kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste