Pasta E Fagioli

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground chuck
• 2/3 cup celery, sliced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2/3 cup carrot, cut to bite size
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt (add 1t then add more to taste)
• 1 quart spaghetti sauce
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes (water packed)
• 1 (16 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning
• 1 (14 ounce) can kidney beans
• 3/4 cup ditalini, uncooked
• 1/2 teaspoon rosemary (or to taste)
• crushed red pepper flakes

Recipe

• 1 brown and breakup ground beef.
• 2 add onion, celery and carrot cook until onion is clear.
• 3 add garlic cook 1 minute.
• 4 add salt, spaghetti sauce, tomatoes, kidney beans, rosemary, red pepper and italian seasoning.
• 5 adjust seasonings to desired level.
• 6 add ditalini and cook 10 minutes longer.
• 7 to make a thinner soup (more juice to dip) add more chicken broth.