Minestrone Soup Recipe

Name: Minestrone Soup Recipe
Ingredients: 1.75 litres of vegetable stock have a bit extra just in case you need more towards the end; 100 g of any pasta of your choosing; 1 tablespoon of olive oil; 1 brown onion peeled and chopped; 2 cloves of garlic peeled and chopped; 2 carrots peeled and roughly diced; 2 stalks of celery roughly diced; 3 bay leaves; 3-4 sprigs of thyme; 400 g Tinned or jarred cannellini beans; 350 g of potatoes washed then roughly diced; 100 g Swiss chard also known as silverbeet, leaves roughly shredded; 1 zucchini roughly diced; 2 tomatoes quartered then finely chopped; 2 teaspoons of tomato paste; 4-5 parsley stalks chopped fine; 3-4 sprigs of fresh basil; Parmesan cheese