Copycat Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli

By sandycon

Another really good Copycat recipe! Serve with Salad and Hot Italian Bread or Bread Sticks, and offer grated Parmesan at the table.

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 cup diced onion
• 1 cup julienned carrot
• 3 stalks celery or 1 cup celery, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 1 (15 ounce) can red kidney beans (with liquid)
• 1 (15 ounce) can great northern beans (with liquid)
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (12 ounce) can V8 vegetable juice
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 lb ditali pasta

Preparation

Step 1

1 Brown beef in a large stock pot over medium heat-drain off fat. 2 Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic and saute for 10 minutes. 3 Add remaining ingredients, except pasta, and simmer for 1 hour. 4 After 50 minutes boil pasta to al dente. 5 Drain well. 6 Add pasta to the large pot of soup and simmer for 10 minutes. 7 (Weight Watchers Points for 1 Serving: 7).