Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli

By JanetLynn198

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 cup diced onion
• 1 cup chopped carrot
• 3 stalks celery, chopped (1 cup)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 (14oz) cans diced tomatoes
• 1 (15oz) cans red kidney beans (with liquid)
• 1 (15oz) cans great northern beans (with liquid)
• 1 (15oz) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (12oz) cans v-8 vegetable juice
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1-1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp basil
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/2 tsp thyme
• 1/2 lb ditalini pasta(Ditalini is small tubular shaped)

Preparation

Step 1

1. Brown beef in a large stock pot over medium heat-drain off fat. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic and saute for 10 mins.

2. Add remaining ingredients, except pasta, and simmer for 1 hour. After 50 mins, boil pasta to al dente, drain well.

3. Add pasta to the large pot of soup and simmer for 10 mins.