Olive Garden Pasta Fagioli Soup

I made this for dinner last night. It was very yummy!

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 carrots, shredded
• 1 c. celery, chopped
• 2 (28 oz.) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (16 oz.) can red kidney beans, drained
• 1 (16 oz.) can white kidney beans, drained
• 4 cups beef stock
• 3 tsp. oregano
• 2 tsp. pepper
• 5 tsp. parsley
• 1 tsp. tabasco sauce
• 1 (20 oz.) jar Prego traditional spaghetti sauce
• 8 oz. pasta (I like using ditali pasta)

Instructions

• Brown ground beef in large skillet. Drain fat. Add beef and all ingredients except the pasta into a large crock pot. Cook on low for 7-8 hours or high for 4-5 hours.
• Before serving, cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and add to soup.

You could also cook it in a large pot on the stove top. It would need to be a LARGE pot or a LARGE crock pot. This makes like 12 servings; it is A LOT of soup. I was able to feed my neighbors, our family and I even sent some home for Keaton and Emilie. I still had left overs! Super yummy though!

Recipe and picture from here.http://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/2012/08/olive-garden-pasta-e-fagioli-soup.html