Pasta e Fagioli

Hearty Italian pasta and bean soup with sausage

Ingredients

Ingredients

• 2 lb spicy italian sausage
• 3 cups diced yellow onion
• 2.5 cups diced carrot
• 2 cups diced celery
• 6 cloves minced garlic
• 2, 32 oz chicken stock cartons
• 1, 15-oz can diced tomatoes drained
• 4 tsp basic sugar
• 3 tsp dried basil
• 3 tsp dried oregano
• 1.5 tsp dried thyme
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 cup dry ditalini pasta
• 1, 15-oz can red kidney beans drained and rinsed
• 1, 15-oz can great northern white beans drained and rinsed
• Optional 6 tbsp minced fresh parsley
• Parmesan to serve

Instructions

1. Brown meat in huge pot with a couple tbsp olive oil. When ~? cooked or so add all the veggies. Cook until tender or at least mostly there.
2. Add everything through the salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer and simmer 10 minutes.
3. Add the pasta and simmer another 15 min.
4. Add beans and parsley and simmer one more minute.
5. Serve in bowls with parmesan to add to taste.

Notes

1. It is easy to vary the proportions. More pasta, less. More beans or less. More veggies is what I usually do.