hearty vegetable soup

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil, extra virgin
• 1 - onion, sweet or yellow
• 1 - celery stalk, chopped
• 1 tablespoon garlic
• 1 - parsnips
• 1 - sweet potatoes
• 14 ounces white beans
• 1 can tomatoes, canned and cut up
• 1 - zucchini
• 1 - yellow squash, fresh
• 32 ounces vegetable stock
• 1 teaspoon basil, dried
• 1 pinch ginger
• 1 pinch sage
• 1 pinch thyme
• 28 ounces water
• pinch sea salt to taste
• - ground pepper to taste