Tsr Version Of Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli By Todd Wilbur

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 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

Recipe

• 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).