Chicken and rice soup with cheese toast

Ingredients

• 3 tbs extra virgin olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1 celery, diced
• 1 bunch parsley, stalks only, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp dried Italian herbs
• 1 sweet potato, cut into eighths
• 600g skinless chicken thigh cutlets, bone in
• 750mL chicken stock
• 1 cup brown basmati rice
• 4 slices wholegrain bread
• Four large handfuls grated cheese