Supper at Home Sundays: Pasta E Fagioli Soup like Olive Garden

Photo Courtesy of: For The Love of Cooking

The temperature has dropped here in Southwestern PA and it's the perfect time to make a delicious soup. But soup can be time consuming and with the holiday's approaching you need a meal that practically cooks itself and this copy cat recipe of Olive Garden's Pasta E Fagioli is so yummy and simple you will have plenty of time to finish your shopping, wrapping and baking!

Total Time: 7 hours and 15 minutes

Servings: 12

Ingredients

2 lbs ground beef

1 onion , chopped

3 carrots , chopped

4 stalks celery , chopped

2 (28 ounce) cans diced tomatoes , undrained

1 (16 ounce) can red kidney beans , drained

1 (16 ounce) can white kidney beans , drained

3 (10 ounce) cans beef stock

3 teaspoons oregano

2 teaspoons pepper

5 teaspoons parsley

1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (optional)

1 (20 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce

8 ounces pasta

Directions: 

1. Brown beef in a skillet.

2. Drain fat from beef and add to crock pot with everything except pasta.

3. Cook on low 7-8 hours or high 4-5 hours.

4. During last 30 min on high or 1 hour on low, add pasta.

If you like you can also grate some fresh Romano cheese over the soup before serving just like Olive Garden.

Recipe courtesy of: food.com