Pasta Fagioli Soup

Finally with cooler temperatures, it's soup weather! 

My Pasta Fagioli Soup is perfect for Fall, and it's in my favorite soup bowls.  Why can't Fall stay for awhile?

Yield: 5-6

Author: Kitty

Pasta Fagioli Soup

This is one of my very favorite soups, and I hope you try it this Fall or Winter.

Ingredients

• 1 can Great Northern beans, drained
• 1 lb. ground beef, browned & drained
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 celery stalk, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 cans beef broth or chicken broth
• 2 14.5 oz. cans diced tomatoes
• 1/2 teaspoon, pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon, marjoram
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, optional
• 1 teaspoon, dried basil
• 1 teaspoon, dried oregano
• 3 cups of cooked small pasta, like ditalini
• Grated Parmesan cheese for serving

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients EXCEPT pasta, and put in slow cooker. Cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 4-5 hours.
2. Cook the pasta according to directions. I like to keep the pasta separate until serving time, and place it in the bowls before adding the soup. This way the pasta doesn't keep cooking and get mushy.
3. Serve with Parmesan cheese on top.

Notes

I do this soup in my Dutch oven and use my oven as a slow cooker by turning it on anywhere from 200-225 degrees for low, or 250-300 degrees for high.

This way I can brown the meat and then add the rest of the ingredients.

My granddaughter Harper turned 12 this past week and I met her and her family at a bike park where she got a new BMX bike, which is the top right photo.  In the top left photo is Harper flying at the park, but this time on her mountain bike.  In the bottom left, it is us with her sister Hayden, and bottom right, it was the next day on her birthday, where she received the Christian Witness Award for the month of October, for the virtue of Reverence,  for her 6th grade class after Mass.  Harper is such a kind, sweet, thoughtful young lady.

Connor, my oldest grandchild, turned 26 this past week, and he had us over for dinner.  In the picture is my son, Mike, Cissy, Connor's sister, and Caiden, his brother.  His brother Riley is in the Army.

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