Rice and Endive Soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice uncooked
• 1 1/2 cups onions chopped
• 2 each celery stalks sliced
• 2 small carrots peeled, cut into half moons
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 cups vegetable stock
• 10 each italian plum (roma) tomatoes rope, chopped
• 1 head belgian endive curly, chopped
• 1/2 cup parsley leaves fresh, chopped
• 1 1/2 tablespoons basil fresh, chopped
• 1 x salt and black pepper