Dinner

Olive Garden's Pasta E Fagioli is for Dinner.

Olive Garden's Pasta E Fagioli takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Olive Garden's Pasta E Fagioli takes 70 minutes to cook.

Olive Garden's Pasta E Fagioli makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Olive Garden's Pasta E Fagioli are:

1 pound extra lean ground beef
1 small onion, diced
1 large carrot, julienned
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 14.5 ounce cans diced tomatoes
1 15 ounce can red kidney beans (with liquid)
1 15 ounce can great northern beans (with liquid)
1 15 ounce can V-8 juice
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon thyme

1/2 pound ditali pasta (not included in nutritional information)

Here is how you make Olive Garden's Pasta E Fagioli:

1. Saute beef in oil in large 10-qt. pot.2. Add onions, carrots, celery and garlic and simmer for about 10 min. 3. Add remaining ingredients, except pasta, and simmer for 1 hour.4. About 50 minutes into the simmering, cook pasta in 1 1/2 to 2 quarts of boiling water over high heat for 10 minutes or just until pasta is al dente or slightly tough. Drain.5. Add the pasta to the large pot of soup. Simmer for 5 to 10 minutes more and serve.

The nutritional information for Olive Garden's Pasta E Fagioli is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 258.0

• Total Fat: 4.6 g
• Cholesterol: 32.5 mg
• Sodium: 1,211.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 34.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 11.3 g
• Protein: 21.6 g