Whitish Pasta Fagioli Soup

In our house, we don't make much soup - rather we make Stoup. It is a lovely combination of soup and stew (never really did know the difference anyway!) that is thick, hardy and plenty of it! Today's soup is one that I adapted after eating Olive Garden's pasta fagioli soup. Sometimes we prefer chicken over cow in our food so this version is made with either chicken or turkey. It has a scrumptious flavor! The pic is before pasta is added. The kids get to pick out which kind of pasta goes into the pot - we have used ditalini, rotini, wheels, and others, but my favorite is cavatappi!! Enjoy! I also throw a bit of parmesan on top :) This soup could also be made with canned meat if you need to speed up the process. Typically, I just use leftovers.

PASTA FAGIOLI WHITE SOUP

2 C cooked chicken	1 C diced onion		1 C chopped carrots		1 C chopped celery
2 T minced garlic	2  - 15 oz cans diced tomatoes		15 oz.  kidney beans		15 oz great northern
15 oz tomato sauce	12 oz V-8 juice		1 T vinegar		1 ½ tsp salt
1 tsp oregano	1 tsp basil	½ tsp pepper		½ tsp thyme		½ lbs pasta

Either cube or shred chicken. In dutch oven, sauté carrots, onion, celery and garlic for 10 min., then add remaining ingredients, except pasta and stir well. Cover and simmer for 1 hour. Cook pasta al dente. Add cooked and drained pasta to soup. Simmer for 15 minutes. Serve.

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