Pasta Fagioli Soup

By mitzileek

Terry Hooker's Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• l lb. lean ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 30 oz. jar chunky garden style Ragu Spaghetti Sauce
• 10 1/2 oz. can beef broth
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup sliced celery
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. sugar
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 10 oz. can rotel tomatoes
• 1 regular can white northern beans
• 1 regular can red kidney beans
• 1 shredded carrot
• 1 to 2 cups of cooked macaroni

Preparation

Step 1

Cook ground beef with onions garlic. Add sauce, broth, water, celery, sugar, sugar, salt and pepper. Bring to boil; cover and reduce heat. Simmer 20 minutes. Stir in rotel tomatoes, beans, carrots, and macaroni. Simmer another 10 minutes. I like to also add spinach the last 10 minutes of cooking. Of course this is optional.