Pasta e Fagioli

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 medium onion

  diced
• 2 carrots

  shredded with large grater
• 2 stalks celery

  chopped
• 4 cloves garlic

  minced
• 15 oz diced tomatoes
• 30 oz tomato sauce
• 5 cups homemade chicken broth
• 2 cups red kidney beans

  cooked, or 15 oz can rinsed and drained
• 2 cups Northern beans

  cooked, or 15 oz can rinsed and drained
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup ditalini pasta

  do not add if freezing

Instructions

• 1 In a dutch oven, brown the ground beef and then drain the fat, and set the beef
  aside.
• 2 Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the dutch oven and saute the carrots and celery
  for 3-4 minutes. Add the garlic and saute for another minute.
• 3 Add the cooked ground beef back to the dutch oven and the remaining ingredients
  aside from the pasta.
• 4 Let the soup simmer for 30 minutes, then add pasta.
• 5 Cook until the pasta is cooked fully, and then serve as desired.

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