Pasta E Fagioli Soup Recipe
Pasta E Fagioli soup is one of mine and my family’s favorite soup when we go to Olive Garden restaurant. Not being able to go or afford a restaurant meal every time I want this soup, I have made the soup at home.
It is a perfect slow cooker soup, which is great for those cooler weather months. I love that you can brown up the meat and throw in all the ingredients in the slow cooker and let it go. An Instant Pot works amazingly for this recipe because there are no other pots and dishes to get dirty. You can simmer the meat and veggies with the saute mode and then add everything and slow cook.
Cost to make this recipe.
Slow-cooked Pasta e Fagioli soup costs about $2.05 per serving size. The recipe gives about eight bowl servings. As a dinner entrée, this hungry family usually goes for seconds, which makes the dinner cost closer to $4.10 per serving.
As homesteaders, there are a few ingredients that we grow to offset the price like onions, carrots, tomatoes and tomato sauce, garlic, and dry herbs. My homesteader price comes out to more than $11.60 total or $1.45 per serving size for eight servings.
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Recipe adapted
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Pasta E Fagioli Soup
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef …[$4.00]
- 1 small onion diced…[$0.40]
- 1 large carrot julienned…[$0.10]
- 2 stalks celery chopped…[$0.20]
- 2 cloves garlic minced…[$0.10]
- 29 oz diced tomatoes …[$2.96]
- 15 oz red kidney beans …[$2.50]
- 15 oz Great Northern Bean …[$2.50]
- 15 oz tomato sauce …[$0.90]
- 12 oz V8 Juice …[$1.31]
- 1 Tbsp white vinegar …[$0.02]
- 1½ tsp salt …[$0.11]
- 1 tsp dry oregano …[$0.12]
- 1 tsp dry basil …[$0.12]
- ½ tsp black pepper …[$0.46]
- ½ tsp dry thyme …[$0.09]
- ½ lb pasta …[$0.50]
Instructions
- Brown the ground beef in a large saucepan over medium heat. Drain off the fat.
- Add onion, carrot, celery, and garlic. Cook for another 10 minutes. Add remaining ingredients except for the pasta and simmer in a pot for one hour.
- For a slow cooker, brown meat, drain fat and add remaining ingredients except for the pasta and cook on low for 6 hours. For pressure cooker, brown meat, drain fat and add remaining ingredients except for the pasta and cook on high pressure for 20 minutes.
- Cook pasta accordingly and add pasta to the soup. Serve hot and enjoy.
Pasta E Fagioli
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef, …[$4.00]
- 1 small onion, diced…[$0.40]
- 1 large carrot, julienned…[$0.10]
- 2 stalks celery, chopped…[$0.20]
- 2 cloves garlic, minced…[$0.10]
- 29 oz diced tomatoes, …[$2.96]
- 15 oz red kidney beans, …[$2.50]
- 15 oz great Northern beans, …[$2.50]
- 15 oz tomato sauce, …[$0.90]
- 12 oz V8 juice, …[$1.31]
- 1 tbsp white vinegar, …[$0.02]
- 1½ tsp salt, …[$0.11]
- 1 tsp dry oregano, …[$0.12]
- 1 tsp dry basil, …[$0.12]
- ½ tsp black pepper, …[$0.46]
- ½ tsp dry thyme, …[$0.09]
- ½ lb pasta, …[$0.50]
Instructions
- Brown the 1 lb ground beef in a large saucepan over medium heat. Drain off the fat.
- Add 1 small onion, 1 large carrot, 2 stalks celery, and 2 cloves garlic. Cook for another 10 minutes. Add remaining ingredients (29 oz diced tomatoes, 15 oz red kidney beans, 15 oz great Northern beans, 15 oz tomato sauce, 12 oz V8 juice, 1 tbsp white vinegar, 1½ tsp salt, 1 tsp dry oregano, 1 tsp dry basil, ½ tsp black pepper, ½ tsp dry thyme) except for pasta and simmer in a pot for one hour.
- For a slow cooker, brown meat, drain fat and add remaining ingredients except pasta and cook on low for 6 hours.For pressure cooker, brown meat, drain fat and add remaining ingredients except pasta and cook on high pressure for 20 minutes.
- Cook ½ lb pasta accordingly and add pasta to cooked soup. Serve together hot and enjoy.