Things I’m loving lately? 1. This amazing group of #foodholidaybloggers that celebrate random food holidays with me. Scroll beneath my recipe to see their creations to celebrate National Soup Day. Seriously stunning and mouth watering! 2. Warm soup to keep me from freezing me arse off because HELLO it’s been ridiculously frigid in my neck of the woods. Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow so he better darn be right in predicting an early spring. I’m ready. 3. copycat recipes. They’re my fav. Why? Because you get to have your restaurant favorites right at home and you don’t have to go out!
Copycat recipes are my jam. I’ve got a whole category dedicated to them in my Recipe Finder so you can have them at your fingertips. Show of hands who loves Olive Garden’s unlimited soup, salad and breadsticks? This girl has been all over that. Normally I go for the Zuppa Toscana but wanted to venture out and gave this Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli a try. SCORE! Holy delicious batman. This recipe is KILLER! Loaded with fresh veggies, ground turkey (to make it a little healthier than ground beef) and some pasta. Boom. Nailed it.
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Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli
If you've ever tried this Pasta e Fagioli soup at Olive Garden, chances are you'd love to be able to make it at home. Now you can with this delicious copycat recipe! This healthy soup is hearty, filling, and simple to throw together!
Ingredients
- 1 lb. lean ground turkey
- 1/2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 c. matchstick cut carrots
- 1 c. diced celery approx. 3 stalks
- 3/4 c. chopped yellow onion
- 1 large clove garlic finely minced
- 2 15 oz cans tomato sauce
- 4 c. beef or vegetable broth
- 1/2 c. water
- 1 15 oz can petite diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 tbsp. granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp. dried basil
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 3/4 tsp. dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp. dried marjoram
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1 c. Ditalini pasta uncooked
- 1 15 oz. can dark red kidney beans, rinsed & drained
- 1 15 oz. can great northern beans, rinsed & drained
- Parmesan cheese for garnish
Instructions
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In a large non-stick saucepan over medium high heat, crumble ground turkey and cook, stirring occasionally until no longer pink; drain. Transfer into a bowl and set aside.
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Heat olive oil in same large saucepan, saute carrots, celery and onion over medium high heat until tender (approx. 4 minutes), add garlic and saute 1 minute longer.
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Reduce heat to low, add tomato sauce, broth, water, diced tomatoes, sugar, basil, oregano, thyme, marjoram and cooked ground turkey. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover with lid and allow to simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally until veggies are soft.
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Meanwhile prepare Ditalini pasta according to directions on package, cooking to al dente; drain.
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Add pasta to soup along with kidney beans, great northern beans. Cook five minutes longer. Serve warm with grated Parmesan cheese if desired.
Recipe Notes
Adapted from Cooking Classy
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Bonnie Peterson
OMG, I made the Pasta Fagioli soup today, in my slow cooker, and it was fabulous! It had the perfect blend of flavors. It was 100 times better than the Olive Garden soup. Thank- you.
Yvonne
Bonnie, oh my goodness, thank you so much for the awesome comment! I’m so happy to hear that you loved the recipe and that you liked it even better than the “real thing”. :)
Jaime Henry
Oh my heavens this recipe is delish.
Yvonne
Yay Jaime! I’m so happy that you enjoyed the recipe, thanks for leaving a comment!
Sonu Khan
olive pasta fagioli is good in taste and really everyone can easily make with your guidance of making.
Rachael Yerkes @ Eazy Peazy Mealz
One of my favorite soups ever! And yours is so pretty!
Yvonne
Awe, thank you so kindly!
Amber @ Dessert Now, Dinner Later!
I too am grateful that the groundhog did not see his shadow because winter has got to go! I’m totally a zupa toscana girl, but this is looking mighty tasty! I am thinking I need to try it, asap!
Yvonne
Death to winter! Am I right? Love how many Zpa fans there are – this is a great second choice!
This looks so delicious! We always go for the zupa toscana but now I’m thinking I should try this version!
Yvonne
The Zupa is my FAVORITE in all the land, but this is a close second.
Aimee Berrett
I’ve actually never tried this soup at olive garden, but yours looks even better than theirs I need to give it a try!! So much goodness!
Yvonne
It’s so good, I bet you’d really like it. Next time we get together for a soup night I’ll make it.
It’s been freezing in my neck of the woods too and soup is all I’m craving these days. You totally nailed it and more, Yvonne! This soup looks SO much better than the one at Olive Garden. Love that you used ground turkey too!
Yvonne
Kelly you are the absolute sweetest, thank you so much for your sweet words. We LOVE ground turkey!