Poor Man's Pasta Fagioli

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

An Italian-inspired soup with pasta, vegetables, and plenty of beans will stick to your ribs.

Ingredients

5 1/2 cups water
1 pound ditalini pasta
4 (4 ounce) cans tomato sauce (such as Hunt's®)
1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans
1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans
1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas
1 1/2 cups frozen green peas
1 (15 1/4 ounce) can whole kernel corn
1 large potato, diced
2 carrots, diced
1 onion, diced
1 small head of garlic, peeled and minced
1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley, or to taste
1 pinch Italian seasoning
1 pinch salt and ground black pepper
1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste

Directions

1 Bring water to a boil in a large soup pot and stir ditalini pasta into the boiling water. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 12 minutes.
2 Stir tomato sauce, cannellini beans, kidney beans, black-eyed peas, frozen green peas, corn, potato, carrots, onion, garlic, parsley, Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper into pasta. Bring soup to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer to blend flavors, 30 to 45 minutes.
3 Serve topped with olive oil and Parmesan cheese.